Ransomware demands survey completion instead of cash
Ransomware has replaced fake AV as the most high-profile and annoying malware targeting computer users around the world, and the approach is always the same: the owners of the …
Looking to the future: Security predictions for 2013
The door is closing on 2012, and it’s time to look ahead to next year. As you round out your 2013 business and IT plans, cybercriminals are resolving to implement …
Reinvent your security approach
Tasked with ensuring the success of business-changing IT initiatives from mobile and BYOD to virtualization and cloud services, IT security is finding that existing security …
Windows 8 Hacks
Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but it’s still eminently hackable. With Windows 8 Hacks, you’ll learn how to make a variety …
Total Defense launches coud security solution
Total Defense announced Total Defense for Business, a solution that combines cloud computing with the delivery of multi-layered protection through the integration of various …
Week in review: Malicious QR codes, Tor-powered botnet, and Mac users hit with SMS fraud
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos and articles: Motives behind IT budget spend and 2013 cloud trends A global survey of 550 …
Company’s industrial heating system hacked via backdoor
An FBI memo circulated internally and shared with New Jersey law enforcement this last summer has recently been published and tells of a compromise of the industrial control …
Fake CitiBank credit card statement leads to malware
CitiBank customers are advised to tread carefully through their email inboxes as fake credit card statements sporting the bank’s name could be waiting for them: The …
Top 7 security predictions for 2013
A seismic shift in who controls the Internet? Another Mac malware outbreak? Your smart TV being highjacked for a DDoS attack? Whatever 2013 may bring, it’s sure to be an …
Many who use the cloud for work, don’t trust it for personal data
A survey by Lieberman Software revealed that half (51%) of IT experts whose job roles focus on the cloud don’t trust the cloud for any of their personal data such as …
Users still have a casual attitude regarding security
A Siber Systems survey of over 700 adults from the United States, the U.K., Germany and other countries shows a significant disconnect between how individuals perceive online …
Ransomware arrests highlight online blackmail threat
Detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) arrested three people in connection with using ransomware to blackmail people. It has been alleged that computer users …