Reddit released its first transparency report
Reddit, the popular social news site/message board styled “the front page of the internet”, has released its first transparency report. As it turns out, in 2014 …
Nearly half of all DDoS attacks use multiple attack vectors
Akamai released a new security report that provides analysis and insight into the global attack threat landscape including DDoS attacks. Akamai observed a 52 percent increase …
How to determine if insiders should be your primary concern
We learned throughout our lives that if we experience the same problem over and over again in a certain situation, we should probably change something in our own behavior / …
How people perceive online privacy
A new study by the National Cyber Security Alliance shows that Americans care deeply about their privacy. While a great knowledge gap exists about how information is collected …
What IT workplace issues keep CIOs awake at night?
What worries chief information officers (CIOs) and IT professionals the most? According to a recent survey by Sungard AS, downtime and talent acquisition weigh heaviest on …
Canada’s spy agency monitors file downloads around the world
After NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shared the documents he exfiltrated from the agency with select journalists, the revelations that stemmed from them have mostly focused …
Email scammers stole $215M from businesses in 14 months
The Business E-mail Compromise scam is alive and well, and expected to rise both when it comes to the number of victims and the total money loss sustained by them. According …
Guidance to improve risk management and IoT
As connected devices infiltrate the workplace—some with IT’s knowledge and some without—both value and risk can increase significantly. ISACA has released new guidance …
How much can a DDoS attack cost your organization?
A DDoS attack on a company’s online resources might cause considerable losses – with average figures ranging from $52,000 to $444,000 depending on the size of the …
D-Link routers vulnerable to DNS hijacking
At least one and likely more D-Link routers as well as those of other manufacturers using the same firmware are vulnerable to remote changing of DNS settings and, effectively, …
Swiss users inundated with malware-laden spam
Swiss users are being heavily targeted by a number of spam campaigns delivering the Tiny Banker (TinBa or Busy) e-banking Trojan. Starting with Tuesday, the spammy emails seem …
Market share of antivirus vendors and products
A new report from OPSWAT determined the market share for the top five antivirus vendors with RTP enabled. It includes: Avast – 21.4% Microsoft – 19.4% AVG – …
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