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.

Nordic Countries an Attractive Target for APT Groups, Cybercriminals: FireEye

FireEye has released a report detailing the cyber threats targeting various sectors in Europe’s Nordic countries.Government transparency, innovations in fields like renewable energy and...

May 22, 2015

Flawed Android Factory Reset Allows Recovery of Sensitive Data: Researchers

Passwords and Multimedia Files Can Be Recovered From Hundreds of Millions of Android PhonesResearchers at the University of Cambridge have conducted a detailed analysis...

May 22, 2015

Cybercriminals Use SVG Files to Distribute Ransomware

Researchers at email and web security company AppRiver spotted a campaign in which malicious actors attempted to distribute a piece of ransomware with the...

May 22, 2015

UC Browser Poses Security, Privacy Risks: Researchers

Researchers at Citizen Lab have analyzed the popular mobile web browser UC Browser and discovered that it’s plagued by some serious security and privacy...

May 21, 2015

Telstra Discloses Breach of Pacnet Corporate Network

Australian telecommunications giant Telstra revealed on Wednesday that the corporate network of Pacnet was breached by an unknown actor.

May 21, 2015

Hundreds of Cloud Services Potentially Vulnerable to Logjam Attacks: Skyhigh

The recently disclosed Transport Layer Security (TLS) vulnerability dubbed Logjam affects numerous cloud services, cloud security company Skyhigh Networks reported on Wednesday.

May 21, 2015

Apple Fixes Security Bugs With First Update for Watch OS

Apple released on Tuesday its first update for Watch OS, the iOS-based operating system that runs on the Apple Watch.Watch OS 1.0.1 patches a...

May 20, 2015

Google Patches 37 Security Bugs With Release of Chrome 43

Google announced on Tuesday that Chrome 43 is available for download. The latest release contains numerous improvements and fixes, including patches for a total...

May 20, 2015

Logjam TLS Vulnerability Exposes Websites, Mail Servers: Researchers

Researchers have analyzed the Diffie-Hellman (DHE) key exchange and they’ve come across a new vulnerability that puts a large number of online services at...

May 20, 2015

Millions of Routers Vulnerable to Attacks Due to NetUSB Bug

A serious vulnerability affecting the NetUSB kernel driver developed by Taiwan-based tech company KCodes exposes millions of routers to hack attacks, researchers have warned.According...

May 20, 2015

Microsoft Unveils New VC3 Technology for Securing Data in the Cloud

On Monday, at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy taking place these days in San Jose, California, Microsoft released details on a new...

May 19, 2015

Attackers Use Trojanized Version of PuTTY to Steal SSH Credentials

Malicious actors are using a trojanized version of PuTTY, the popular open-source Secure Shell (SSH) and telnet client, to gain access to remote computers...

May 19, 2015