Data brokers collect info on nearly every U.S. consumer
In a report issued on the data broker industry, the Federal Trade Commission finds that data brokers operate with a fundamental lack of transparency. The Commission recommends …
The cloud will transform the airport experience
Airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to cloud systems in order to improve operational efficiencies, according to Amadeus, who collected the viewpoints of …
Outlook for Android fails to keep emails confidential
Did you know that Outlook and many other email and mobile messaging Android apps store your emails and messages on the device’s SD card, unencrypted, and accessible to …
Apps on your Android phone can take photos without you knowing
A researcher has demonstrated that it’s possible for malicious attackers to create an Android app that will surreptitiously take pictures and upload them to a remote …
Hybrid Zberp Trojan targets bank users around the world
A new threat created by the amalgamation of the publicly available code of two of the most (in)famous malware around is targeting users of over 450 financial institutions …
Large increase in PayPal-related phishing URLs
CYREN published its April 2014 Internet Threats Trend Report. Among its findings, they revealed a 73 percent increase in the number of phishing attacks aimed at PayPal users. …
Hacker hijacks Apple devices remotely, asks for ransom
An unusual case of cyber extortion has been spotted in Australia: Apple device users in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have woken up to see …
Instant messaging Trojan spreads through the UK
Hundreds of computer systems have been infected with the latest instant messaging Trojan. Bitdefender has spotted an increasing wave of infections in the past week in …
Operation takes down crime network affecting European electronic payments
Bulgarian and French judicial and law enforcement authorities, working in close cooperation with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol and Eurojust in The Hague, …
In wake of breach, eBay has to deal with multiple web vulnerabilities
As eBay flounders while trying to adequately respond to the breach it disclosed last week, and deems weak passwords to be good but stronger ones to be weak, researchers are …
Week in review: eBay breach, Linux Trojans, US charges Chinese military hackers for spying on US firms
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, and articles: Record month for Linux Trojans If you think that you are protected from …
China will start screening IT products
The Chinese government has announced that it will start vetting IT products and services that are to be used on networks and systems important to national security and public …