News of Boston Marathon bombings used to spread malware
As expected, the Boston Marathon bombings have become an effective lure in the hands of cyber scammers and malware peddlers. Kaspersky Lab researchers are warning about spam …
Oracle plugs a host of critical Java vulnerabilities
Oracle’s Java SE Critical Patch Update for April 2013 contains 19 CVEs with CVSS base score of 10 (the highest you can go) indicating that exploiting the vulnerability …
Insider threats and BYOD still a great problem
Insider threats are the greatest concern and that permitting employees to connect their own devices to the network increases the risk of security breaches, according to …
Big data drives big demand for storage
As demand for Big Data technology and services continues to escalate, all levels of the Big Data technology stack will experience significant growth. Storage is a critical …
Pirate Party on data protection
In the video below, Christian Engstr?¶m, Pirate Party MEP, discusses data protection. A common regulation to cover all of Europe is one of the arguments presented by …
UnboundID unveils Privacy Suite
UnboundID released its Privacy Suite, a solution that brings transparency, choice, and control to the collection and on-going management of personal data, while authorizing …
Targeted attacks hitting small business have increased threefold
Based on data from the company’s own Global Intelligence Network, Symantec analysts have shared in annual Internet Security Threat Report that there was a 42 percent …
Linode hackers say they will release stolen customer data
Linode, the web hosting provider that (among others) provides a home for Internet security resource sites Insecure.Org, Nmap.Org, SecLists.Org, and SecTools.Org, has announced …
90% of game hacks and cracks contain malware
Computer and online gaming is big business for companies creating the games, but a considerable drain on the finances of gamers, so it should not come as a surprise that many …
Most enterprises encounter problems with open source software
Univa’s 2013 Free and Open Source Software report finds that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is prominent within businesses today with 76% using it internally. …
First anti-malware product for UEFI
Kaspersky Lab released Kaspersky Anti-Virus for UEFI (KUEFI) – an anti-malware solution which can protect the user’s PC before the operating system even starts …
Most security pros believe they will suffer a data breach
More than 70% of IT security professionals would not be willing to bet $100 of their own money that their organization will not suffer a data breach in the next six months, …