Mobility is the weakest security link
Surveying more than 750 security decision makers and practitioners, a CyberEdge Group report found that more than 60 percent had been breached in 2013 with a quarter of all …
What do government security pros think?
Tripwire and the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) announced the results of a U.S. government cybersecurity survey that evaluated the attitudes and responses of …
Trends in web application security
Despite web application vendors being more responsive and releasing security patches much faster than in 2012, new research revealed that it is still taking an average of over …
Microsoft to keep next Patch Tuesday light
Microsoft continues the trend they started last month of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light. There are only five advisories this month – two critical, three …
99.4% of spam blocked in recent Virus Bulletin test
Virus Bulletin has announced the results of its latest anti-spam comparative review: all 18 solutions that were tested were found to block at least 99.4% of all spam – …
Hackers breach Comcast’s mail servers
After successfully targeting Bell Canada and leaking customer information, hacker collective NullCrew has apparently breached mail servers belonging to Comcast, the largest …
Target attackers misused network credentials of HVAC company
Sources close to the Target breach investigation have named the third-party vendor whose network credentials the attackers used to gain access to Target’s systems. The …
Popular Swedish news site latest link to fake AV infection
The website of popular Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has been compromised to redirect visitors to a website sporting bogus infection warnings in order to trick them into buying …
HTTPS Everywhere add-on now available for Firefox on Android
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced the release of a beta version of its HTTPS Everywhere extension for Firefox on Android. HTTPS Everywhere is produced as …
Adults admit logging into their partners social media accounts
New research reveals that one in four Brits will be sending a saucy message or photo to their other half. However, lovers might want to think twice before hitting send on …
Effective incident response
Organizations are bombarded with potential threats every day. Most of these are small and irritating, not truly critical – but among those needles are little threads of …
Every two seconds there’s a new victim of identity fraud
Javelin Strategy & Research reports an increase of more than 500,000 fraud victims to 13.1 million people in 2013. Account takeover fraud hit a new record in incidence …