20% of all malware ever created appeared in 2013
According to the latest PandaLabs report, malware creation hit a new milestone. In 2013 alone, cyber-criminals created and distributed 20 percent of all malware that has ever …
91% of video surveillance deployments involve IT departments
ESG research found that among organizations currently using video surveillance technology, 91% indicate that IT manages or supports these deployments. Of the final survey pool …
25,000 UNIX servers hijacked by backdoor Trojan
The ESET security research team, in collaboration with CERT-Bund, the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing and other leading agencies, has uncovered a widespread …
Gang wielding ColdFusion exploits expands botnet of hacked e-commerce sites
A German website of French automaker Citro?«n is the latest of the wide array of higher-profile webshop sites that have been compromised by a hacker gang leveraging Adobe …
Trustwave acquires Cenzic
Trustwave announced the acquisition of Cenzic, financial terms were not disclosed. The combination will create an integrated security testing platform designed to help …
(IN)SECURE Magazine special issue released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Featured in this magazine are the most important news …
Net neutrality: Industry MEPs want stricter rules against blocking rival services
Internet providers should no longer be able to block or slow down internet services provided by their competitors, says the Industry Committee which on Tuesday approved rules …
Sally Beauty payment card data breach confirmed
International cosmetics retailer Sally Beauty Holdings has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach that resulted in the possible theft of payment card data stored in …
UK tax season threatened by phishing and malware attacks
Bitdefender has warned taxpayers to be cautious after discovering that a total of 10,000 tax-related spam emails were sent in a single day in the first week of March. The tax …
83% of businesses are not prepared for an online security incident
Arbor Networks announced the results of a survey on the issue of incident response preparedness. The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 360 senior business leaders, the …
You can now buy smartphones with preinstalled spyware
Did you know that instead of installing a spying app on a target’s phone, you can now gift them one with the app already preinstalled on it? MTechnology LTD has released …
Online tool for browsing and analyzing web-based malware
Barracuda Networks launched Threatglass, an online tool for sharing, browsing and analyzing web-based malware. It allows users to graphically browse website infections by …