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.

Event Preview: Suits and Spooks London – May 6-7, 2015

With less than three weeks to go until Suits and Spooks London 2015 kicks off, the agenda is nearly finalized. Our first 2-day international...

April 16, 2015

Google Rewards Researchers for YouTube Comment Theft Vulnerability

Google has patched a vulnerability in YouTube that could have been exploited to copy any comment from one video to another, researchers revealed on...

April 16, 2015

Dropbox Launches Bug Bounty Program

Dropbox is the latest major company to turn to the power of the hacker community in an effort to ensure that its services are...

April 16, 2015

Several Vulnerabilities Found in Enterprise Search Engine SearchBlox

Various types of vulnerabilities have been identified in SearchBlox, the enterprise search solution built on top of Apache Lucene/Solr and Elasticsearch.

April 15, 2015

Retaliation Attack Leads to Discovery of Hellsing ATP Group

Hellsing APT Strikes Back After Being Targeted by the Naikon GroupA small cyber espionage group might have remained under the radar, but their activities...

April 15, 2015

Internet Connectivity Could Expose Aircraft Systems to Cyberattacks: GAO

A report published on Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) faces some serious cybersecurity challenges due...

April 15, 2015

Google Fixes 45 Security Flaws With Release of Chrome 42

Google announced on Tuesday the availability of Chrome 42 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The latest release addresses a total of 45 security issues...

April 15, 2015

HP Support Framework Bug Allows Arbitrary File Downloads, Data Harvesting

HP has patched a vulnerability in the HP Support Solution Framework that can be exploited by a remote attacker to deliver arbitrary files and...

April 14, 2015

AlienVault Pushes Social Sharing in Revamped Open Threat Exchange

AlienVault Launches Open Threat Exchange (OTX) 2.0 BetaUnified security management and threat intelligence solutions provider AlienVault today announced a beta version of Open Threat Exchange...

April 14, 2015

Malicious Actors Use “Drive-by-Login” Technique in Targeted Attacks

High-Tech Bridge has spotted an interesting attack in which the threat actor used what researchers believe is a new vector for delivering malware to...

April 14, 2015

Alleged Creator of Svpeng Android Malware Arrested in Russia

A 25-year-old individual has been arrested by law enforcement authorities on suspicion of being the developer of Svpeng, an Android Trojan used by cybercriminals...

April 14, 2015