The rise of rogue AV
April saw a continued increase in the volume of detected malware, with 73,000 new variants of threats being released daily – a 26 percent increase over the same period …
Free credit and identity theft protection service
TrustedID launched IDSafe, a free consumer credit and identity theft protection service to provide core coverage at absolutely no cost. IDSafe provides consumers a free credit …
Facebook apps found giving access to user accounts to third parties
A discovery that really should not surprise anyone has been made yesterday by Symantec – it turns out that due to to a flaw in the authentication schemes used before the …
LastPass resets passwords for all users following potential breach
LastPass – the well-known and widely used password management and form filling system – has reset the master password for all its users following the discovery of …
24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment accounts stolen
Sony’s ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems revealed that attackers may have stolen personal information from approximately …
Osama bin Laden spam invades Facebook
I guess the news about the death of Osama bin Laden is starting to reach everyone around the world. Every time something big as this happens, people get curious and start …
Total cost of Epsilon breach could reach $4 billion
E-mail services firm Epsilon will face years of repercussions and up to $225 million in total costs as a result of its recent data breach, a massive event that indicates the …
DSL Reports intrusion compromises over 9000 accounts
DSL Reports – the information and review site on high speed Internet services which operates over 200 forums – has been hit with a blind SQL injection attack, …
A closer look at CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac (v1.9.5) is a cleaning tool for Macs that combines Universal Binaries slimming, removal of unneeded Languages, cleaning Logs and Caches, Quick and Secure erasing, …
Page-integrated encryption for protecting credit cards on the web
Voltage Security announced a new encryption breakthrough for protecting personal data entered by consumers on web pages called PIE for Page-Integrated Encryption. The company …
Sony PlayStation Network compromised
A week after shutting down its PlayStation Network (PSN), Sony has finally come clean and admitted that its 70 million users’ personal information has been compromised …
Protect your kids on Facebook
Check Point announced ZoneAlarm SocialGuard, designed for parents who want to protect their kids against social threats on Facebook, such as online predators, cyberbullies, …