Looking back at 10 years of mobile malware
From Cabir to FakeDefend, the last decade has seen the number of mobile malware explode. In 2013, Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has seen more than 1,300 new malicious …
New Snapchat CAPTCHA system hacked in record time
The revelation that usernames and phone numbers of some 4.6 million Snapchat users have been compromised marked a very bad start of the year for the company behind the popular …
Malware infects Android-run devices via PCs
Researchers have recently discovered a PC Trojan whose ultimate goal is to compromise the target’s Android-running smartphone or tablet with information-stealing …
Facebook awards $33,500 bounty for critical flaw
Facebook has announced that it has awarded $33,500 – their biggest bug bounty payout to date – to a Brazilian security researcher that discovered a remote code …
Chrome bugs allow websites to listen in on your conversations
Several security flaws in the popular Google Chrome browser can be exploited to turn the computer into a surreptitious listening device, claims Israeli developer Tal Ater. As …
Best practices to help prevent online data breaches
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recommended a series of best practices to help prevent online data breaches and other exploits. Leveraging preliminary year-end data from the …
Most top 500 Android mobile apps have security and privacy risks
After testing the top 500 Android applications, MetaIntell identified that approximately 460 of those 500 Android applications (available in apps stores such as Amazon, CNET, …
Top 10 DDoS attack trends
Prolexic Technologies, a provider of DDoS protection services, published its top 10 attack trends for 2013. Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks …
ENISA: Industrial Control Systems require coordinated capability testing
EU’s cyber security Agency ENISA published a new report to give advice regarding the next steps towards coordinated testing of capability of the often outdated …
Most SMB employees in fear of identity theft in the workplace
The smaller business workplace has transformed into a mobile-enabled, agile, and satisfying environment, but one where the workforce is acutely aware and worried about the …
Hacker Guccifer arrested in Romania?
A Romanian man believed to be the (in)famous hacker Guccifer has been arrested by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on …
Motivation and techniques of world’s most sophisticated cyber attackers
CrowdStrike released “CrowdStrike Global Threats Report: 2013 Year in Review,” the product of its year-long study of more than 50 groups of cyber threat actors. …