Microsoft Patents Hard-to-Mimic Gesture-Based Authentication
It’s hard to imagine the modern rhythm of everyday life without gadgets, to which we are so accustomed. The first computer could perform only a limited number of functions. Its length was about 17 meters, the height of more than 2.5 meters, it weighed 4.5 tons and covered an area of several dozen square meters. Half a century later multifunctional gadgets became a thousand times smaller in size and instantly perform tasks that...
Information Security – the Aspect You Should Not Save On
Not so much time has passed since the meaning of the word «computer» was familiar only to employees of certain research laboratories and information security was a concern of special services. But those days are gone. Information technologies have drastically changed our lives. Using a computer, we have a rest, make friends, work, and do shopping. Very often the cost of convenience to do a lot of things, without getting up from a...
Automotive Security Review Board Is Launched – First Steps to Protect the Car from Breaking Down
What seems perfectly thought out and reliable, often presents us with the most unexpected surprises. Such a sad discovery befell the creators of the car Jeep Cherokee model 2014 in July 2015, when the Internet stirred up the news about two professional hackers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller who managed to gain remote access to the onboard computer of the seemingly “perfect” car and take the operation of its core systems under their...
Virus CoreBot Turned into a Dangerous Banking Trojan
In late August, a new Trojan Virus CoreBot was discovered by IBM specialists. At first, it did not look particularly dangerous: its possibilities were limited to stealing local passwords and personal data of users in different browser and desktop applications. However, experts were seriously concerned about the modular structure of the new threat that promised great potential for its development. And they were right. In the first ten...
The Most Popular Passwords of Ashley Madison Users – Overused, Predictable and Unreliable
Ashley Madison is a popular Canadian resource for users who do not mind to leave the line of a faithful husband and have some fun on the side. The basis for the creation of Ashley Madison was the idea of a dating site for the purpose of adultery, which is evident from the motto on its main page «Life is short. Have an affair ». August 19, 2015 was a “fateful day” for many users of the site, as well as for their spouses, as a group of...