Recent articles by Greg Masters

The new IoT bot Persirai is like Mirai, but worse

The new IoT bot Persirai is like Mirai, but worse

Detected on more than 120,000 IP cameras.
Greg Masters May 11 2017 9:30AM Financial Services
Dridex is back

Dridex is back

And it's targeting Australian bank customers.
Greg Masters Apr 6 2017 11:46AM Financial Services
HEIST attack breaches HTTPS in the browser

HEIST attack breaches HTTPS in the browser

Can tap into HTTPS comms without MITM position.
Greg Masters , Staff Writers Aug 5 2016 5:16AM Security
Microsoft critical patch hours away

Microsoft critical patch hours away

Updates to arrive 3AM Saturday.
Greg Masters Sep 21 2012 10:53AM Security
Woman fined $212,000 for sharing 24 music files

Woman fined $212,000 for sharing 24 music files

Thomas-Rasset case expected to hit Supreme Court.
Greg Masters Sep 18 2012 9:18AM Security
Hacker McKinnon refuses medical test in extradition proceedings

Hacker McKinnon refuses medical test in extradition proceedings

Matter taken to High Court.
Greg Masters Jul 23 2012 9:40AM Security
Carder 'Fortezza' pleads innocent

Carder 'Fortezza' pleads innocent

Accused of hawking more than 44,000 credit cards.
Greg Masters Jun 18 2012 9:35AM Security
US unveils initiatives to fight botnets

US unveils initiatives to fight botnets

Industry Botnet Group spearheads work.
Greg Masters Jun 4 2012 10:53AM Security
US, Israel wrote Stuxnet, officials say

US, Israel wrote Stuxnet, officials say

The NSA and Unit 8200 developed the worm to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.
Greg Masters Jun 4 2012 10:41AM Security
Hacker charged after million dollar heist

Hacker charged after million dollar heist

Scammers made nine-fold profit in minutes.
Greg Masters Apr 19 2012 6:49AM Security
Oracle to patch 88 vulnerabilities

Oracle to patch 88 vulnerabilities

Quarterly fix covers hundreds of products.
Greg Masters Apr 16 2012 11:53AM Security
Oracle patches 88 vulnerabilities

Oracle patches 88 vulnerabilities

Fixes for Sun, Solaris and MySQL.
Greg Masters Apr 16 2012 9:17AM Security
Hal Tipton, Father of CISSP, dies at 89

Hal Tipton, Father of CISSP, dies at 89

Co-founder of ISC2 and avid volunteer.
Greg Masters Mar 20 2012 8:46AM Security
White House replaces federal CTO

White House replaces federal CTO

Internal promotion.
Greg Masters Mar 14 2012 11:16AM Strategy
Breaches help bend ears of execs

Breaches help bend ears of execs

Make your CEO security savvy.
Greg Masters Mar 2 2012 12:32PM Security
Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole

Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole

Patch Tuesday to include nine fixes for 21 vulnerabilities.
Greg Masters Feb 13 2012 10:34AM Security
Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins

Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins

Calls for ceasefire in hacking war.
Greg Masters Jan 24 2012 9:44AM Security
Spam now using QR codes

Spam now using QR codes

Targets mobile users.
Greg Masters Jan 12 2012 9:24AM Security
45,000 stolen Facebook logins found

45,000 stolen Facebook logins found

Ramnit virus variant harvested login credentials to a single server.
Greg Masters Jan 6 2012 10:45AM Security
Yahoo wins $610M spam judgment

Yahoo wins $610M spam judgment

Could be a win in name only.
Greg Masters Dec 13 2011 9:43AM Security

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