Last week the media headlines were full of the newly discovered nation-state malware Regin. ESET Ireland looks at how much of a threat is this to the average user and what should be prioritised. Since the discovery of Stuxnet several years ago, there has been a parade of targeted malware (such as Flame, Duqu, Gauss and … More Do we need to worry about state-sponsored threats like Regin?
Using password managers is often recommended as good practice in order to prevent overusing the same logins, but a new malware has been uncovered that specifically targets the password managers that hold all the variants. Neowin reports that the malware – named ‘Citadel’ – is “highly evasive”, and can lay dormant on infected computers for … More ‘Citadel’ trojan attacking password managers
Microsoft released a patch last week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2014-6332, and discovered by an IBM X-Force security researcher, is significant because it exploits an old bug present in Internet Explorer versions 3 through 11. This means that most, if not all, Internet Explorer … More First exploitation of Internet Explorer ‘Unicorn bug’ in-the-wild
The popular messaging service WhatsApp has stepped up security for users of its consumer messaging service by adopting end-to-end encryption. In what represents the largest rollout of this level of encryption in any messaging system worldwide, according to the BBC, WhatsApp integrated Open Whisper Systems’ TextSecure software – which will be turned on by default for Android … More WhatsApp gets tough on security
Using public Wi-Fi can be risky – and security experts such as Europol’s Troels Oerting have even suggested it’s TOO risky, and that we should abandon public Wi-Fi hotspots altogether. If your computer happens to be filled with trade secrets (or any business data for that matter), that’s probably a good idea – your colleagues … More Public Wi-Fi hotspots – know the risks
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