Blackshades is a Remote Access Tool, aka RAT, and that totally fits as these guys were hijacking your personal computer, using your webcam to see you, zip up your files so you couldn’t access them, then have the audacity to send you a ransom note to get them back!!
You Won’t Believe What A Hospital Employee Was Able To Do!!
If you’ve ever been hospitalized, you know how vulnerable you are. Not only is your health at risk – a lot of personal information, including financial and medical records, are in the hospital’s hands. Hospital employees have near total control over you during your stay, and we trust them to be responsible. The hippocratic oath that all doctors must take does say “Do no harm.” You have to see what one employee did in total violation of this.
99% Of Androids Are At RISK of WHAT?
Just recently a security hole was found that could potentially affect as much as 99% of Android users. According to the researchers at Bluebox Labs a bug that has been around since Android 1.6 allows for third party sources to basically push malware into your device in the form of an app update. Hit the jump to find out more..
LinkedIn Wants To Keep Hackers Away From Accounts
LinkedIn has added a two-step authentication process for logging in. The company is following Twitter’s recent lead in adding an extra step to help deter hackers.
WTF!! Chinese Hackers Accessed The U.S. WHAT???
Chinese hackers allegedly took the U.S. blueprints of the most advanced weapons systems. According to The Washington Post, there was more than 24 major weapons systems blueprints including missiles and air crafts designs that was allegedly stolen.
Did The AP Twitter Hack Cause The Stock Market To Crash?!?!
Earlier today we posted on hackers taking over the Associated Press twitter account and tweeting about a fake attack on the White House. Now, we learned that the stock market quickly dropped and then recovered, after the AP fake tweet was sent. It caused the The Dow Jones industrial to fall more than 150 points.
