Turns out the problem here is not that either site got hacked, but perhaps they are both using the same ad-service that was hacked: The common thread tying the affected Equifax and TransUnion pages is that both hosted fireclick.js, a JavaScript file that appears to invoke the service serving the malicious content. When called, fireclick.js…
One of my biggest concerns about link-shorteners has always been that the receiver has no way of knowing where the link takes them until the click it. That might be OK with people you know and trust on social media and email, but that’s only a small portion of the things that we are asked…
Seems to maybe be just a small subset of users who might have been infected, but this is scary. Thankfully, it looks like this malware only affected a certain subset of CCleaner users. In particular, it affected: Users running the 32-bit version of the application (not the 64-bit version) Users running version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner…
Gotta be careful with that hotel wifi. Wouldn’t want hackers to target you and figure out what sites you’re surfing from your hotel room. 😉 “Messages contain a malicious document “Hotel_Reservation_From.doc” containing a macro which if successfully executed, decodes and deploys GameFish — which researchers describe as APT28’s signature malware. Once GameFish is installed on…
I was hanging around the house last night when I got this text message: Hmm. That seems suspicious, but it’s also kind of intriguing, right? What account is going to be disabled? Shouldn’t I click that link to see what account they’re talking about? Well, I took a few steps to disable installs, and did…
Overheard at a local eatery recently: “Now the phone will tell you that you need to update, but never do that. Those updates just take up more space and slow it down every time you do it.” And we wonder why people get hacked? How many “tech-savvy” people are out there telling their friends to…