With the amount of people who have the Google Toolbar, this could be considered a big problem.  Fortunately, there are a lot of steps involved for this exploitation to be successful.  Because of the amount of steps necessary for this exploit to be successful, it is not really a huge concern for people.  Nonetheless though, […]

Due to a critical flaw in HP laptops in a certain .dll file, hackers and the like can can compromise a system through taking advantage of ActiveX scripting.  Unfortunately, there is no fix for it yet, but hopefully we will see one by the end of the year.  Just be smart and don’t click on […]

The unfortunate growing trend of malware developers and hackers is to hijack legitimate and unsecured sites to implant malware for distribution and propagation purposes.  Well, it seems like this strategy is really working on the criminals behalf.  More and more legitimate websites are being spotted with hosting malware on a daily basis.  The thing that […]

Now here’s a piece of malware that is very clever, but in a scary sort of way.  Granted, it is malware, but you won’t know it unless you decide to check your online bank accounts.  When this malware discovers that you are at a bank site, it gets out of it’s dormant stage and starts […]

A study indicated that there have been at least 100,000 forms of malware created this year.  Even though there is still another month, the unfortunate thing is that this number is only going to grow in 2008, but is that really surprising.  Now that hacking has turned from a computer-enthusiasts hobby (on their own systems) […]

Recently, a security consultant admitted to a lot of dirty acts; infecting people with malware, stealing usernames and passwords, and eavsdropping on financial transactions which will obviously get in to some big trouble with the legal system.  Well, because of all the things this person has done, U.S. prosecutors stepped things up a bit and […]

Recently, some hackers were able to get into Alicia Keys’ MySpace page and modify the site’s code.  It pretty much turned here entire site into one large image; anywhere you clicked, you would trigger the malicious code.  Alicia Keys’ site was not the only MySpace page to be infected by this though.  There were quite […]

The digital media giant of Real Media has recently been known to host malware to unsuspecting recipients.  Earlier, hackers were able to break into one of Real’s servers and establish it to deliver their malware.  An example of how this malware could be distributed is that an unsuspecting user may stumble into a site which […]

With VoIP targeted attacks on the rise, its not surprise that Skype is an appealing target.  That being said, Skype recently warned its users of a new password-stealing Trojan making its way around.  What it does is launch a ficticious Skype interface and asks for your username and password.  Unsuspecting users will enter their information […]

Hackers are always trying to find different mediums to spread malware, so why not tap into one of the most popular online entertainment mediums available: videos.  Obviously, that is what they are doing now.  One might ask though: how on earth could you insert malicious code into a video?  While there are various ways that […]