Eduard Kovacs

Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia’s security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.

APT Group Uses Seaduke Trojan to Steal Data From High-Value Targets

Researchers at Symantec have analyzed Seaduke, one of the Trojans used by the advanced persistent threat (APT) actor behind the “Duke” malware family.Detected by...

July 13, 2015

Java Zero-Day Used in Attacks on NATO Member, US Defense Organization

A notorious cyber espionage group has been using a Java zero-day exploit in attacks aimed at the armed forces of a NATO member country...

July 13, 2015

Two New Flash Player Zero-Day Bugs Found in Hacking Team Leak

Researchers have identified exploits for two new Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerabilities in the Hacking Team leak. Adobe has promised to patch the newly...

July 13, 2015

Google Uses Artificial Neural Network to Detect Sneaky Spam

Google has shared some details on the systems it has implemented to protect its customers against spam emails. The search giant has also released...

July 10, 2015

Chinese APT Group Uses Hacking Team’s Flash Player Exploit

The Adobe Flash Player exploit stolen by hackers from spyware maker Hacking Team has been leveraged by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, according to...

July 10, 2015

VMware Patches Privilege Escalation Bug in Workstation, Player, Horizon View

VMware has released software updates for several of its products to address a vulnerability that can be exploited to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary...

July 10, 2015

Flaw in Android Backup System Enables Injection of Malicious Apps

A security bug in a backup mechanism of the Android operating system can be exploited to install malicious apps on vulnerable devices, researchers have...

July 10, 2015

Estonian Man Pleads Guilty to Role in DNSChanger Botnet Scheme

An Estonian national believed to be the mastermind behind a massive cyber fraud operation shut down by law enforcement authorities in 2011 has pleaded...

July 9, 2015

OpenSSL Patches Serious Certificate Forgery Vulnerability

The developers of OpenSSL have released versions 1.0.2d and 1.0.1p to address a high severity vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to...

July 9, 2015

APT-Style Evasion Techniques Spotted in “Kofer” Ransomware Campaign

Researchers have come across a massive ransomware campaign in which attackers continuously generate new variants of the same malware in an effort to evade...

July 9, 2015

Hacking Team’s Flash Player Zero-Day Spotted in Attacks Prior to Breach

The Adobe Flash Player zero-day leaked earlier this week was used in limited attacks before the data breach suffered by spyware maker Hacking Team...

July 9, 2015

Financially Motivated Espionage Group Targets Multi-Billion Dollar Firms

Researchers Analyze the Activities of the Group That Targeted Microsoft, Apple, Twitter and Facebook Researchers have analyzed the activities of a financially motivated corporate espionage...

July 8, 2015