Largest Belgian telecom breached by the NSA?
Belgacom, primarily state owned and the largest telecom in Belgium, has announced that its internal IT systems have been breached and compromised with malware by an …
FBI confirms they were behind Freedom Hosting’s takeover
An FBI agent testifying at the court hearing where the subject of bail for Freedom Hosting owner Eric Eoin Marques was discussed has confirmed that the FBI has, indeed, had a …
NSA impersonated Google in MitM attacks
After all the recent revelations about the NSA and their surveillance and encryption-foiling activities, would it surprise you to know that the agency or its British …
Fake “new voicemail” notification targets Android WhatsApp users
Malware peddlers have decided to bank on the popularity of the WhatsApp cross-platform IM app for smartphones in order to get users to install malicious apps on their devices, …
Proof-based system to secure the car
The digital systems in today’s connected car, including engine, infotainment and telematics systems, provide communications, numerous conveniences, information, safety, …
Free eBook: First Aid Kit for Sys Admins
Have you faced any of these situations: malware infection, cracked passwords, defaced website, compromised DNS, licensing violations, stolen hardware and other issues which …
Secure mobility assessment tool
Mobile Work Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the value of mobility and telework, launched the Secure Mobility Hot Zone, which includes a …
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.0 released
SolarWinds released SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) 6.0, designed to deliver agentless performance and availability monitoring, alerting and reporting for …
Week in review: Backdoored NIST standard revealed, Java’s new whitelisting feature, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How important is penetration testing? With cyber attacks becoming the norm, it is …
US Internet users less vigilant than ever about their online safety
As the Internet has become a ubiquitous part of life, US consumers are less vigilant about protecting their safety online, says this year’s Microsoft Computing Safety …
Java finally gets a whitelisting feature
The latest Java Development Kit update (JDK 7u40) includes a number of bug fixes, new security features and changes, and among them is one that has been long overdue: a …
Aggressive ransomware scam redirects to child porn
Getting denounced for viewing or owning child pornography is a huge deal in most Western world countries, so it’s no wonder that ransomware peddlers are using that …
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