Fighting cybercrime is on the right track
Despite the numerous security incidents that took place during the first quarter of the year, the fight against cyber-crime is on the right track, according to PandaLabs. …
IT security pros have trouble communicating with executives
A Hanover Research survey of 131 information security professionals revealed key differences between the way executive and non-executive IT professionals communicate with …
Facebook phishers target Fan Pages owners
Phishing emails claiming to come from “Facebook Security” are once again hitting users’ inboxes, and this time they are aiming for the big fish: pages that …
Google researcher reveals another Windows 0-day
Tavis Ormandy – the Google researcher known for discovering a slew of Windows, Java and Flash Player vulnerabilities and zero-days and his combative attitude regarding …
DHS employees’ info possibly compromised due to system flaw
U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees have begun receiving notifications about a vulnerability that has inadvertently made their personal information potentially …
Teens are into online sharing, but are also more privacy-aware
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps …
The dangers of downloading software from unofficial sites
Because malware peddlers often bundle their malicious wares with legitimate software, downloading anything from unofficial download sites is a bit like playing Russian …
Twitter finally offers 2-factor authentication
Following a slew of high-profile compromises of accounts belonging to media outlets such as AP and satirical news site The Onion, Twitter has finally implemented two-factor …
Microsoft decrypts Skype comms to detect malicious links
The issue addresses last week by The H and their associates at heise Security of whether or not Microsoft checks links contained in encrypted Skype chat sessions and their …
A spotlight on grid insecurity
Drawing from responses from more than 100 utilities across America, a new report shows that the nation’s electric grid remains highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and …
Commission wants to minimize U.S. IP theft economic impact
As the long awaited first meeting between China’s new president Xi Jinping and U.S. president Barack Obama draws near, the problem of cyber espionage and theft of …
Guantanamo cuts off Wi-Fi access due to OpGTMO
The U.S. military, under whose command is the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and the infamous prison of the same name that currently houses over 150 prisoners, has decided to shut …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Digital sovereignty becomes a matter of resilience for Europe
- Storm-2603 spotted deploying ransomware on exploited SharePoint servers
- CISO New York 2025 brings together top cybersecurity leaders
- Sonicwall fixes critical flaw in SMA appliances, urges customers to check for compromise (CVE-2025-40599)
- Autoswagger: Open-source tool to expose hidden API authorization flaws