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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, …

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 …

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