A security researcher managed to “hijack” a flight deck system and change a plane’s course in a hacking skill demonstration, according to the BBC. Hugo Teso, an authorized pilot, gave the aviation computer systems new navigation instructions. He then gained total control of the simulated jet he had built using spare parts bought from eBay. “I expected them to have security issues but I did not expect them t...

Getting beyond the myth...

Another rogue anti-virus (what do you know?) called...

Security researchers Nitin and Vipin Kumar have released the code for their recently-announced boot-time rootkit - and it's a pretty interesting piece of work....

Changing User Account Control Settings to prevent malicious code injections....

Another wave of online games password stealing Trojans has been detected by BitDefender Labs. This time sneakier then usual, having rootkit capabilities. Adware is not left behind either. Many new versions of Trojan.Swizzor are in the wild, all detected by BitDefender under a generic signature called Trojan.Swizzor.4...

In the previous two weeks we scrutinized the best practices for keeping mobile computing devices and corporate networks safe. Now it is time to see how to safeguard the highly valuable asset of information....

The new year was relatively calm, with few major security incidents. The smooth Internet experience users could enjoy was partly due to the fact that Microsoft...

Most of the security issues in 1994 were triggered by the increased popularity of removable media, especially the more and more affordable CD-ROMs. Such storage devices acted as a vector of infection, as computer users burnt not only important data, but also infected files....

Lately we have seen many e-threats exploiting Chinese software in order to spread or obtain sensitive data. This weeks review is focused on a couple of password stealing threats, part of which some are indeed targeting the Chinese population....