Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Edward Snowden has secretly been working on a project to stop smartphones from revealing the location of people in dangerous places. Snowden said he envisions it as a protection for journalists and human rights workers, but it could be used by…
Windows 10 users can now get an app that hides the taskbar in tablet mode
Windows 10 allows users on tablets to switch between desktop mode and tablet mode. While there is a way to auto-hide that taskbar in desktop mode by going through a couple of menus, there’s no way Windows 10 allows users to do the same thing in tablet mode, which has…
Hacking With Pictures; New Stegosploit Tool Hides Malware Inside Internet Images For Instant Drive-by Pwning
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Go online for five minutes. Visit a few webpages. How many pictures do you see? With the media rich nature of the web, chances are your answer is in the hundreds. It is in this space the future of malicious cyber…
South Carolina Ad ‘Hides’ Key Fact
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An ad from the Democratic challenger in the South Carolina governor’s race says that when hackers stole 3.6 million Social Security numbers from state computers, Gov. Nikki Haley “hid it from us for over two weeks” — but the ad […]…
Security engineer hides hacking device in laptop power supply to create network backdoor
You gotta love security geeks — they can make it so easy for you. At least, if you’re a black hat hacker. Network security engineer “Richee” posted complete details about how to make a tiny Raspberry Pi computer look like a ordinary laptop power brick, and then give himself a physical backdoor into…
New malware hides in ‘Angry Birds Space’
Android users and Angry Birds addicts, be warned. A new malware threatens phones and tablets running Google’s OS by hiding inside a copy of the popular game. And it can wreak havoc even without user intervention. Mobile security firm Lookout said the malware is a new variant of the “Legacy…
DARPA-Funded Hacker’s Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Drones
A prototype of O’Connor’s $50 F-BOMB with its case open. (Click to enlarge.) Even more embarrassing than a student discovering your GPS tracking device on his car, as the FBI found out last year, is having to ask him to give the expensive piece of equipment back. So security researcher…
Fake Microsoft Office tool hides worm
A security firm found a worm that disguises itself as Office Genuine Advantage, a program Microsoft deployed in the past to validate copies of Office. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
New Android Malware Hides as Google+ App, Answers Calls for You
Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new mobile malware application on Android that disguises itself as a Google+ app. The app has the capability to record phone calls, as well as gather the GPS location of the handset, the text messages and the call logs, all of which…