Does Blippy really pose a security risk?

Researchers from Cyveillance are calling the recently launched “Twitter of personal service” Blippy, a “spear phisher’s dream” due to the real-time purchasing history shared by its users. Does Blippy really pose a security risk?

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The PUSHDO Puzzle—DDoS or Not DDoS?

The PUSHDO botnet has been in the news lately as the culprit in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a variety of well-known websites. Some publications even documented this recent attack extensively. After spending some months last year studying and monitoring the PUSHDO/CUTWAIL botnet and after checking the latest samples, we can affirm that [...]