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80% of “Olympic” domains are scammy

Popular global events such as the Olympic Games are a boon to cyber crooks, as they know for sure that a huge amount of people will be turning to the Internet to search for …

Researcher releases tool for cracking MS-CHAPv2, PPTP no longer secure

Moxie Marlinspike, the mind behind the Convergence SSL authenticity system, has presented at Defcon a tool that allows attackers to crack the MS-CHAPv2 authentication …

Blackhole exploit kit got upgraded

Phoenix and Blackhole are the most popular and widely used exploit kits because their creators are always tinkering with them and pushing out update and improved attack …

User education essential against social engineering attacks

The five-year analysis of data from Google’s Safe Browsing service shows that the threat landscape of today has evolved considerably from that of just five years ago, …

MySQL flaw allows attackers to easily connect to server

A simple but serious MySQL and MariaDB authentication bypass flaw has been revealed by MariaDB security coordinator Sergei Golubchik, and exploits targeting it have already …

Apple publishes iOS security guide

Apple has a reputation for being extremely reticent when it comes to discussing security in public – so much so that most of the security features their devices sport …

A basic shift in network defense

“In our industry, most of the companies we were working with have spent the the better part of the past ten years securing the perimeter of the network with intrusion …

World renowned experts to examine SSL governance

Just two months from its inauguration date at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on February 29, the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM) announced today that it has chosen …

One in 10 secondhand hard drives contains personal information

One in ten secondhand hard drives contains residual personal data of its previous owner, revealed an investigation commissioned by the UK Information Commissioner’s …

Top enterprise security concerns and IT problems

A global study of more than 1,200 IT professionals in EMEA reveals that, in the last year, more than one in five enterprises has experienced a security breach and one in 10 …

Enhanced security awareness for tablet users

Cryptzone unveiled the latest release of NETconsent Compliance Suite, its policy management software. Recognising how difficult it is to raise IT security awareness amongst an …

A decade of vulnerabilities and predictions for 2012

Since 2001, Spanish security firm S21sec has been been compiling a database of vulnerabilities detected by themselves and those reported by a great number of sources which …

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