Week in review: Java 0-day wreaking havoc, hiding messages in Skype silences, Apple prevents popular app scam tactic
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Hiding secret messages in Skype silences A group of researchers from the Institute of …
IBM tops U.S. patent list for 2012
IBM received a record 6,478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across key domains including analytics, Big Data, cybersecurity, cloud, …
Disable Java! Recent 0-day exploit is included in exploit kits
The Java zero-day that has recently been spotted being exploited in the wild has turned into big, big news as a number of popular exploit kits have been fitted with the …
Fake LinkedIn notifications lead to phishing and malware
LinkedIn users are once again targeted with a massive and widespread spam campaign that takes the form of a notification about a supposedly received message from a potential …
Spoofed Google Chrome update page serves malware
Malware peddlers are taking advantage of yesterday’s release of the latest version of Google Chrome and have already set up a spoofed page of the initial rollout page in …
Data breaches erode trust in business
Recurring data breaches over the past five years have undermined public trust in the ability of both private firms and Government organisations to safeguard personal …
Enterprise DIY data erasure
Kroll Ontrack launched Ontrack Eraser 4.0, an enterprise data eraser solution, complete with expanded drive wiping capacity, VMware eraser capabilities and new reporting and …
DDoS attackers on U.S. banks get help from hired botnets
It’s already common knowledge that major commercial bank in the U.S. are under a new series of DDoS attacks. As with the first one, the responsibility for this one that …
Europol launches European Cybercrime Centre
The new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) based at Europol headquarters in The Hague will be officially launched on Friday, January 11, and will be the focal point in the …
New Java 0-day exploited in the wild
A new Java zero-day being exploited in the wild has been found. With the files we were able to obtain we reproduced the exploit in a fully patched, new installation of Java. …
FISAA legalizes surveillance of EU citizens and their cloud data, claims study
When the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA) was extended for another 5 years thanks to a majority vote in the U.S. Senate late last year, there …
Corporate risk hotspots identified
Corporate risk prevention consultancy Riskskill, a division of UKFraud, has opened the New Year with a list of what they believe are the 8 biggest corporate risk hotspots …