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Internet bad neighborhoods
A significant part of current attacks on the Internet comes from compromised hosts that, usually, take part in botnets. Even though bots themselves can be distributed all over …
Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals
Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals provides you with a guide to digital technology forensics in plain English. In the authors’ years of experience in working with …
New module for Metasploit Framework
SecureState released a new auxiliary module for the Metasploit Framework that can reduce the amount of time that it takes to visually fingerprint large amounts of web servers. …
New way of mobile security policy enforcement
AirPatrol unveiled ZoneDefense, a new mobile monitoring and policy enforcement technology that lets enterprises support the use of consumer and mobile devices on premises …
500% increase in email-attached malware
The UPS name is once again being used to spread vast amounts of email-attached malware. The last week has seen an extraordinary increase – over 5.5 times the average …
Cybercrime on social networks continues to climb
With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it’s no …
Search engine hack innovation
Attackers are increasingly leveraging the power of search engines, like Google, to successfully carry out automated cyber attacks against vulnerable websites, according to …
Vulnerability in TimThumb WordPress plugins: The effects
With the popularity of the WordPress blogging platform, security researchers here at Websense Security Labs are sure to sit up and take note of any reported zero-day threats …
Consumers keep falling into phishing traps
Whether in the form of fraudulent emails, falsified websites or deceptive text messages, cybercriminals are casting a wider phishing net in the hopes of obtaining personal …
New crypto support for mobile payment issuers
Thales announced software for Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) that enables mobile payment issuers to deliver their mobile payment applications to mobile handsets Over-The-Air …
Trend Micro updates web gateway security
Trend Micro announced the latest release of the company’s web gateway solution, which now delivers visibility and control over the growing use of cloud-based …
Freeware Windows registry and system cleaner
Macecraft Software has today launched PowerTools Lite, a freeware version of their professional grade jv16 PowerTools 2011 utility package, to help all Windows PC users easily …
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