Internet of Things

492 articles

Malware

10 years of Mac OS X malware

Malware

10 years of Mac OS X malware

The malware problem on Mac OS X is nothing like as bad as it is on Windows, but that doesn't mean it can be ignored.

Graham Cluley • 10 Apr 2014

Malware, Cybercrime

“New weapon” against malware intrusion designed by American student

Malware, Cybercrime

“New weapon” against malware intrusion designed by American student

A new technique for spotting cyber attacks has been designed by a young American student - and could prevent attacks against planes and power plants, by looking for abnormal communications within computers, rather than sifting for malicious software.

Rob Waugh • 09 Apr 2014

Malware

If you love someone, upgrade them from XP

Malware

If you love someone, upgrade them from XP

It is us, the nerdy geeks who are into computers, who have a moral right to help the great unwashed, and lead them into a bright new future without Windows XP.

Graham Cluley • 08 Apr 2014

Malware, Scams, Cybercrime

“Virus Shield” app is top-selling hit - but does absolutely nothing

Malware, Scams, Cybercrime

“Virus Shield” app is top-selling hit - but does absolutely nothing

Armed with an impressive-looking shield logo, security app Virus Shield shot to the top of the sales charts on Android last week. There was one, tiny, problem: the app was a fake.

Rob Waugh • 07 Apr 2014

Malware

Microsoft to fix zero-day flaw that meant just previewing an Outlook email could infect your computer

Malware

Microsoft to fix zero-day flaw that meant just previewing an Outlook email could infect your computer

It's one thing to have a security hole that relies upon users visiting an infected website, or opening a dodgy attachment - but it's quite a different level of threat when simply *previewing* a message in your email client infects your computer.

Graham Cluley • 04 Apr 2014

Malware, Cybercrime

“Domestic spyware” apps increasingly precursor to violence - or murder

Malware, Cybercrime

“Domestic spyware” apps increasingly precursor to violence - or murder

Apps designed to ‘report’ on handset users’ communications while remaining undetected have increasingly become a factor in cases of domestic violence and even murder.

Rob Waugh • 03 Apr 2014

Malware, Cybercrime

Surveillance cameras hijacked to mine Bitcoin while watching you

Malware, Cybercrime

Surveillance cameras hijacked to mine Bitcoin while watching you

Malware written specifically for DVR recorders used for the output of surveillance cameras has forced some machines to mine Bitcoin - although the low-powered machines are 'very bad' miners, Wired points out.

Rob Waugh • 03 Apr 2014

Malware

With just days to go, just how many PCs are still running Windows XP?

Malware

With just days to go, just how many PCs are still running Windows XP?

If computers continue to run Windows XP, and don't receive any more security patches. they are not just putting themselves and the data they carry at risk, they are endangering all of us who use the internet.

Graham Cluley • 02 Apr 2014

Malware, Cybercrime

The Internet of Things isn't a malware-laced game of cyber-Cluedo... yet

Malware, Cybercrime

The Internet of Things isn't a malware-laced game of cyber-Cluedo... yet

Will the future be a murderous game of 'smart device' Cluedo, where Colonel Mustard meets his death at the hands of a Wi-Fi pacemaker, and Miss Scarlett is consumed in a Smart Home-ignited blaze. Not likely, says David Harley - where's the profit motive?

David Harley • 28 Mar 2014