Multipurpose Necurs Trojan infects over 83,000 computers
The polivalent Necurs malware family has been wreaking havoc in November by infecting over 83,000 unique computers – and that are only the ones detected by …
Beware of Bitcoin miner posing as Trend Micro AV
Malware almost always comes in disguise, but some malware peddlers try to do a better job than others. Trend Micro researchers have recently uncovered a piece of malware that …
Proprietary platforms to cause complexity in 2013
Citrix predicts that the rise of consumerisation and the Bring-Your-Own (BYO) phenomenon will force IT departments to focus on the challenge of apps and data governance. 2012 …
Reflecting on 2012: Cyberwar, next generation firewalls and compliance
Historically security products have been developed either in response to, or in anticipation of, major shifts in enterprise computing – or at least that’s been my …
Motives behind IT budget spend and 2013 cloud trends
A global survey of 550 CIOs, IT Directors, and senior IT managers has confirmed motives behind their IT budget spend in 2012, while revealing the rate of cloud adoption in …
Wi-Fi operating system ArrayOS gets new features
Wick Hill announced a new release of the ArrayOS operating system for Xirrus Wireless Arrays. Xirrus AOS 6.3 provides an advanced Wi-Fi operating system for optimizing the …
DataMotion unveils SecureMail Gateway
DataMotion announced updated its SecureMail Gateway, an intelligent monitoring solution that uses policy-based encryption and Exact Matching functionality to prevent data …
Damballa updates its cyber threat solution
Damballa unveiled Damballa Failsafe 5.1, a cyber threat solution for corporate networks. It includes features that reduce the workload of over-tasked incident response teams, …
Week in review: Inadequate AV solutions, Eurograbber attacks, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Security experts debate moving critical infrastructure online Paul Simmonds, …
Metasploit Pro 4.5 released
Rapid7 released a new version of Metasploit Pro, which introduces advanced capabilities to simulate social engineering attacks. With Metasploit 4.5, security professionals can …
U.K. hacker convicted for taking part in Anonymous attacks
22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton, U.K., has been convicted on Thursday on one count of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers for his involvement …
Beware of bogus Facebook account cancellation requests
Bogus “Facebook Account Cancellation Request” emails are back, and this time the malicious senders didn’t opt for making users infect themselves. The …