Data theft

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2014
Feds issue advisory on keylogger in hotel business centers

US Secret Service and the NCCIC have alerted hoteliers about a potential presence of keyloggers in the machines provided to guests in hotel business centers. US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) have issued a non-public security advisory in the hospitality industry to warn on the activities of cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2014
New Google Chrome bug allows eavesdropping on conversation

Security Blogger Guya discovered a new Google Chrome eavesdropping bug that allows websites to listen to user private conversations. A second security eavesdropping flaw has been found in Google Chrome browser, a security blogger named Guya has made the alarming discovery. The security blogger discovered that an attacker exploiting the vulnerability in Google Chrome could transform the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2014
Google Chrome bug allows sites to listen users private conversations

Web developers Tal Ater discovered a Google Chrome Bug that allows websites to listen to user private conversations. Google still hasn’t patched it! Google Chrome is one of the most diffused browsers, it has an excellent reputation in terms of security, usability and performance but it is wrong to consider it as perfect. As any […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2013
Google Chrome users are vulnerable to sensitive data theft

Security experts at Identity Finder demonstrated that Google Chrome users are vulnerable to sensitive Data Theft because the browser stores it unencrypted. Google Chrome is today the most diffused web browser, nearly 39% of internet users have chosen it according the data proposed by StatCounter. The reason of the success behind Google Chrome is its efficiency […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2012
Data theft and computer scams, Merry Christmas

The large diffusion of new services on mobile platforms and social networks was accompanied with a sensible increase of cyber crimes, mainly of identity theft. The  US nonprofit consumer watchdog organization Consumer Reports has recently spread an alert on online purchases benefiting of Cyber Monday sales and more in general of discounts for this holiday […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2012
Ponemon statistics 2012 on cost of cybercrime

At the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) event “Cybersecurity and American power,” Gen. K.B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and chief at the Central Security Service (CSS), defined cybercrime “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” alerting Government on the emergency related to intellectual property theft due cyber espionage. “Symantec placed the cost of […]