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Windows Kerberos bug: How to detect signs of exploitation before the update?

Microsoft has shared more details about the critical elevation of privilege bug found in Microsoft Windows Kerberos Key Distribution Center (CVE-2014-6324) which is being …

OpenDNS and IRISSCERT partner to fight security threats

OpenDNS announced a partnership with the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT), to provide threat intelligence about new and emerging threats. IRISSCERT …

Thousands fall for Free Audi R8 Facebook scam

Over 200,000 Facebook users have so far fallen prey to a like-farming scam promising two free Audi R8 cars, and thousands are joining the victim list each hour, according to …

New Citadel variant is after your master password

A good indication that the use of password managers has become a thing is the fact that cyber crooks are now trying to slurp up users’ master password for a number of …

8 cybercrime trends that will shape IT

Cybersecurity created headlines and headaches in 2014, with large-scale data breaches at retail chains, attacks on data stored in the cloud and massive vulnerabilities …

Most IT pros prefer open source to proprietary software

Business continuity and control eclipse cost savings are the top reasons why U.S. IT professionals prefer open source to proprietary software. According to a Ponemon Institute …

Whitepaper: Zero Trust approach to network security

NOTE: This whitepaper is no longer available, thanks for your interest. Zero Trust is an alternative security model that addresses the shortcomings of failing …

New Synology NAS optimized for encryption and intensive tasks

Synology introduced its newest Plus series DiskStations, the DS1515+ and DS1815+. Both multi-bay NAS servers are designed to facilitate intensive data exchange, collaboration, …

Sophisticated Android-based botnet a danger to enterprise networks

A new, more sophisticated and more stealthy version of the NotCompatible Android Trojan continues to strengthen one of the most long-lived and advanced mobile botnets ever to …

Google open sources Firing Range, a test tool for web app security scanners

Google has open sourced another security tool: it’s called Firing Range, and it’s an effective testing ground for a variety of automated web application security …

New non-profit CA aims to make HTTPS use universal

To become ubiquitous, encryption must be easy to set up and easy to use, and that’s why the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, IdenTrust, and …

Malware Domain Generating Algorithms are becoming more sophisticated

Malware cut off from its C&C servers is effectively useless to its masters, so they are continually trying to find new ways of maintaining that connection at all times. …

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