CryptoLocker is out, Kovter is in. The old police ransom malware is making a comeback after long years of dormancy, according to findings by security researchers. The Kovter police blackmail Trojan was perhaps in existence since the formative days of ransomware in 2011, though it slipped off our consciousness when the more sophisticated malware of […]
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Is Gameover Zeus on the rise again?
Back in June, the United States Department of Justice and other law enforcement authorities were able to take over the network of Gameover Zeus botnets in a spate of massive crackdown. The network then consisted of up to a million infected computers. Now, security experts claim that cyber criminal groups are working to build up […]
Funniest software bug names and actions in the past decade
Detecting and eradicating software errors and glitches is an everyday task for software developers and testers around the globe. A software bug is a complication that arises from an error, mistake, or defect in software that can cause failures or diversions from expected results. Software bug names can be weirdly creative because they sometimes have […]
Lessons from the P.F. Chang’s Data Security Breach
There are rather commonsensical lessons that can be glimpsed from recent data security breach incidents at Target, Neiman Marcus, and most recently P.F. Chang’s China Bistro.
Google and Barnes & Noble join forces to unseat Amazon
In an effort to overthrow Amazon’s reign as the leader in ebooks and book delivery, Google and Barnes & Noble have teamed up to reach out to more customers in the United States by leveraging existing services from both companies.
Microsoft fights US government in email privacy battle
Software giant Microsoft is facing court battle with the United States government over a federal court decision ordering the Redmond-based company to hand over certain email contents of a customer suspected to be in the illegal business of narcotics.
