The handset in question is a Samsung Galaxy S4 knockoff dubbed N9500 manufactured by a company called Star and which is being sold globally through online retailers.
Category: Security
It’s past NCA GOZeus, Cryptolocker deadline; have you prepared yourself?
We are past the 15 days deadline to prep systems for one of the biggest cyber attacks in the UK. So where is the attack coming from?
BlackBerry rolls out ‘BBM Protected’ end-to-end message encryption service
BBM Protected is on its way to the enterprise crowd, bringing an extra layer of security!
Domino’s Pizza suffers security breach; hackers demand €30,000 ransom
Hackers managed to steal 650,000 customer data records containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, and passwords among other things.
Pinterest hacked; Twitter flooded with weight-loss spam
Compromised Pinterest accounts causing yet another weight loss spam in Twitter!
Emails to and from iCloud to other providers will soon be encrypted, Apple assures
After lax security practices were disclosed, Apple promises to get it right.
CloudFlare’s Project Galileo to combat DDoS attacks
CloudFlare has come up with Project Galileo to identify and protect the voice of public interest entities!
Twitter restores TweetDeck after taking it offline following discovery of XSS vulnerability
The vulnerability, which was believed to be patched, isn’t actually fixed and Twitter had to take the extreme step of taking Tweetdeck offline.
Feedly, Evernote DDoS’d; perpetrators demand ransom
Two of the most used services – one for its RSS service and other for note taking – have been affected by DDoS since hours.
Hackers also use weak passwords just like rest of us, claims researcher
One would assume that hackers use strong passwords considering how easily they crack into users’ accounts because of weak passwords, but it turns out that assumption is wrong.
Alleged iOS ransomware perpetrators arrested in Russia
We are not sure whether these hackers are the ones responsible for iOS ransomware attacks in Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada.
Smart TVs vulnerable to drive-by ‘red button’ hacking
Internet of Things will bring with it security issues that the current cyber security world isn’t ready to defend let alone prevent it.
New Cryptolocker infections down to ‘zero’ post GOZeus takedown, researchers estimate
Coordinated efforts of FBI, Cyber security companies and other authorities have bore fruits considering that Cryptolocker infections are almost nil since the GOZeus takedown.
New ransomware Cryptowall spreading rapidly through malvertising on high-profile websites
Believed to be created by the same perpetrators behind Cryptodefense, Cryptowall is deadlier and uses malicious advertisements for spreading.
New Android Simplocker malware encrypts files for ransom
Eset: “We are most likely dealing with a proof-of-concept or a work in progress.”