Jimmy Kimmel is the most dangerous cyber celebrity of 2014
Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and late night host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, replaces Lily Collins (Mirror, Mirror) as McAfee’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online. For …
Free tool tracks DNS changes in DNS zone files
Incorrect edits to DNS can have catastrophic consequences such as disconnecting an entire company website or its email servers and causing costly downtime. LogicMonitor …
NIST releases Smart Grid Framework 3.0
he National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, a document that …
California toughens breach notification law
California Governor Edmund Brown has signed on Tuesday new legislation that will strengthen privacy and consumer protections in the state. The new set of bills will, among …
Researchers unearth Xsser mRAT, Chinese iOS spyware
Researchers looking into the mobile malware attack directed against Hong Kong protesters using Android devices have discovered that the attackers can also target iOS device …
Joomla update fixes high risk bug that could lead to site compromise
The developer team behind the popular open-source content management system Joomla is urging users to update the software to the latest version – v3.3.6 (or v3.2.7 for …
Google triples Chrome bug bounties
Google has announced another change in its Chrome bug bounty: the maximum reward per bug has been tripled, and now stands at $15,000. “Due in part to our collaboration …
Hackers indicted for stealing Apache helicopter training software
Four members of an international computer hacking ring have been charged with breaking into computer networks of prominent technology companies and the US Army and stealing …
Global DDoS attack numbers decline, attacks from China rise
In the second quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 161 unique countries/regions, which was 33 fewer than the first quarter of the year. The highest …
Insider incidents and high-profile crimes increasing
The number of reported security incidents rose 48 percent this year to 42.8 million – which is the equivalent of 117,339 attacks per day. A report from PwC US, CIO and …
Low confidence in breach prevention
Despite increasing numbers of data breaches and the theft and loss of more than 2 billion data records worldwide since 2013, organizations continue to believe perimeter …
Consumers feel insecure using debit or credit cards
As data breaches at major retailers have compromised the personal information of millions of customers over the past few years, a new consumer trust survey from Honeywell …