Are you prepared for the end of Windows XP support?
Microsoft will end support for Windows XP next week, on April 8, 2014. Leaving Windows XP unsupported will expose organizations to a growing risk as the number and severity of …
One third of phishing attacks target financial institutions
A new Kaspersky Lab study found that about one third (31.45 percent) of phishing attacks targeted online financial institutions including, banks, online stores and e-payment …
Cybercrooks target IoT devices to mine Bitcoins
The results of a recent investigation by SANS ISC CTO Johannes Ullrich are in: cybercriminals have been targeting a variety of Internet-of-Things devices and infecting them …
Coinbase denies security breach, defends spamming-friendly features
Popular Bitcoin exchange and online wallet service Coinbase has denied that it had suffered a breach and claims that the list of some 2,000 Coinbase user names and emails …
LastPass adds two-factor authentication from Duo Security
LastPass integrated Duo’s mobile-based two-factor authentication solution to the LastPass password management platform to provide an additional layer of credential …
Tinder users targeted by spamming bots
Spammers are taking advantage of the popularity of the Tinder dating app to promote a game via bots posing as attractive women. For a week now users have been complaining of …
550k+ card details stolen in 17-month long Spec’s breach
Texan liquor chain Spec’s has been breached, and personal and financial information of over half a million of its customers has been compromised in a breach that lasted …
Passwords, messages of 158k+ Boxee.tv users leaked
The forum database of Web TV service Boxee.tv has been ransacked and the attacker made off with – and has subsequently made available for download – a dump …
Apple releases Safari 7.0.3, fixes security
Apple updated Safari for Mavericks to version 7.0.3, while fixing security and adding compatibility and stability improvements. The update is available through the software …
Fake Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2015 offers lead to malware and scams
Scammers are taking advantage of Bitdefender’s good reputation and are luring victims in with promises of free downloads of “Bitdefender Antivirus Plus …
The dangers of using outdated software
Buy something and keep it long enough, and in time it will become vintage: cool, unique and a throwback to days gone by. But while vintage works for fashion, furniture and …
Worldwide IT spending to grow 3.2 percent in 2014
With the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.2 percent increase from 2013 spending, …
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