Banking Trojan disguised as innocuous Word and WinHelp files
Part of the job of a malware author is to constantly think up new ways of outsmarting researchers and bypassing automatic detection methods used by antivirus and other …
Blocking zero-day application exploits: A new approach for APT prevention
Cybercriminals continue to develop new methods to bypass security controls in order to install malware on corporate endpoints. The recently discovered advanced persistent …
The War Z taken offline following forum, database hack
Players of The War Z, a first-person zombie survival game, have been notified of a breach of the developer’s (Hammerpoint Interactive) forum and game databases and the …
The security risks of using Wi-Fi on the Tube
The arrival of widespread public Wi-Fi access across London Underground has been broadly welcomed by the general public, particularly those with smartphones and tablets who …
Fake “PayPal account deleted” emails doing rounds
A new email spam campaign targeting PayPal users is under way. The email subject line says the email contains an unread message from PayPal, but the email address from which …
Defending the Internet at scale
A decade ago, engineers tackled the C10K scalability problems that prevented servers from handling more than 10,000 concurrent connections. This problem was solved by fixing …
Aggressive Android adware and malware on the rise
With adware gleaning more user data from people devices than they would normally need too and developers bundle more than one adware framework into their apps, user privacy is …
Firefox enhances private browsing
Mozilla released Firefox 20 that fixes several security and stability issues. Included in the update are eleven critical security updates. Firefox includes a new enhancement …
Route1 releases MobiKEY for iPad
Route1 released MobiKEY technology for the iPad. MobiKEY is a complete desktop, secure remote access technology that integrates multi-factor authentication and identity …
Dataguise enhances DG for Hadoop with selective encryption
Dataguise announced DG for Hadoop 4.3, which provides both masking and selective encryption for sensitive data in major Hadoop distributions. The new version also delivers …
US companies in China worried about data theft
The results of a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China which polled 325 respondents currently doing business throughout the republic has shown that a …
Hackers attacking US banks are well-funded, expert says
The Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam hacker group – also known as Qassam Cyber Fighters – are at it again. For the third time in the last half year or so, …