Two Japanese web portals hacked, user financial info compromised
Personal and financial information belonging to users of two big Japanese web portals has been compromised earlier this week, Computerworld reports. On Tuesday evening, Yahoo …
Carberp Trojan developers arrested in Ukraine
The mastermind behind the Carberp Trojan and the developers that helped created it have apparently been arrested in Ukraine in a joint action by the Security Service of …
Flashback malware author unmasked?
An estimated 38,000 users is still infected with the Flashback Trojan, the first malware targeting Mac users that didn’t have to get their permission to be downloaded, …
Wide variety of malware lurking in Skype messages
A new malware-spreading campaign is targeting Skype users, warns Dancho Danchev. The attack is mounted via malware-infected users whose compromised Skype account is set to …
My very own personal privacy training
I remember a time – and it wasn’t even that long ago – when the government, companies and organizations weren’t this hell-bent on collecting citizen, …
Malware attacks occur every three minutes
Malware activity has become so pervasive that organizations experience a malicious email file attachment or Web link as well as malware communication that evades legacy …
Ciphertex releases 24TB portable, secure NAS server
The new 24TB portable, highly secure NAS server from Ciphertex is meant for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity, file sharing and virtualization. “The …
Security professionals don’t have secure mobile habits
Security professionals have embraced BYOD and they’re taking “anytime, anywhere” access to some pretty interesting locations according a new survey by Ping …
DIY: Using trust to secure embedded projects
This talk from Shmoocon 2013 provides a DIY guide to using Trusted Computing on embedded devices. The authors introduce a low-cost schematic using Atmel’s CryptoModule …
Tips for avoiding tax scams
As the April 15 deadline for tax filing draws near, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) helps users recognize tax-related scams and better defend against them. Findings …
F-Secure rebuilds free Online Scanner
F-Secure’s free Online Scanner tool has been completely rebuilt to be faster, lighter and more powerful than before, and now even cleans up advanced rootkits, the most …
Thousands of compromised Apache servers direct users to malware
What do the recent compromises of a number of LA Times websites and the blog of hard disk drive manufacturer Seagate have in common? According to several security researchers, …