Huawei’s Chinese connection continues to be source of suspicion
A day after it was announced that the UK government will investigate the employees at the Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Center located in Banbury, Oxfordshire, …
The future of electronic payment: Smartphone authentication and facial recognition
Withdrawing cash from an ATMs by using a debit or credit card or paying with it at a point-of-sale may soon become a thing of the past, as several manufacturers have presented …
Major vulnerabilities in office security and RFID systems
At the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, researchers will reveal critical vulnerabilities in many of the world’s most widely-used building security systems and …
ISACA updates IS Audit and Assurance Standards
ISACA has issued revised Information Systems (IS) Audit and Assurance Standards. The standards have an effective date of 1 November 2013. Introduced in 1988, the IS Audit and …
File infector EXPIRO hits US, steals FTP credentials
An unusual attack has been spotted in the wild, using an unexpected combination of threats. This attack used exploit kits (in particular Java and PDF exploits) to deliver file …
Bank security breaches destroy customer trust
85 percent of U.S. adults with banking accounts are at least somewhat concerned about online banking fraud, according to Entersekt. Such fraud can include phishing, malware, …
Switch secures confidential data on separate networks
Belkin expanded its secure product line with the addition of the Belkin DisplayPort KVM Switch. The new switch offers the ideal solution for federal and defense users who …
Tripwire updates Log Center solution
Tripwire announced the availability of its Log Center TLC 7.0 featuring the first phase of integration with IP360, as well as Tripwire’s new VIA Agent, log intelligence, …
Apps exploiting Android “Master Key” bug offered on Google Play
Researchers from security firm Bitdefender have unearthed two relatively popular apps on Google Play that leverage the infamous Android “Master Key” bug, but …
Android backup sends unencrypted Wi-Fi passwords to Google
The recent revelations on how Internet giants such as Google, Yahoo, Apple and others are compelled by the US government to give its agencies access to user data have …
Researchers find, Google fixes Glass hijack flaw
Google Glass is scheduled to be made widely available to regular consumers by the end of this year, so the Internet giant has still time to fix the most obvious security flaws …
DDoS attacks are getting bigger, stronger and longer
Prolexic Technologies announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 …
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