Microsoft takedown of Zeus botnets missed a few C&Cs
When Microsoft, the financial services industry and Kyrus Tech teamed up to sinkhole a number of worldwide botnets using the Zeus family of malware, they managed to get the …
MPAA warns Megaupload could set up shop again
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three of the company’s executives are still waiting to see whether the request for the extradition to the US will be granted by the New …
Bogus Apple gift card offer leads to phishing
An email purportedly sent by Apple and offering to long term customers the possibility of buying a gift card worth a 100 Australian dollars for the price of 9 has been …
Cybercriminals target Google, LinkedIn and Mass Effect 3 users
During March 2012, GFI Labs documented several spam attacks and malware-laden email campaigns infiltrating users’ systems under the guise of communications purporting to …
Apple patches critical Java flaw
Apple released a critical update for the Java implementation on Mac OS X, for both Lion and Snow Leopard. This update comes almost two months after the release of the …
SQL injection main database security concern among SMBs
GreenSQL surveyed more than six thousand GreenSQL SMB users – IT administrators, DBAs, data security professionals and consultants – about their most critical …
White box cryptography software protection
SafeNet announced a software protection solution that includes white box cryptography. The SafeNet Sentinel portfolio of software licensing and protection solutions now …
Dropcam HD: Smallest Wi-Fi monitoring camera
The Dropcam HD Wi-Fi video monitoring camera comes with automatic night vision and HD-quality video. You can access the live video stream anytime, anywhere – from a …
Developing Enterprise iOS Applications
If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting – for internal consumption or for sale to end users – you need to read this book. Veteran developer …
Fake US Airways emails lead to Zeus variant
A US Airways-themed spam campaign aiming at infecting users with a variant of the Zeus banking Trojan has been hitting inboxes for the last two weeks, says Kaspersky Lab …
UK govt to introduce new email and web usage monitoring law
The UK Conservative-Liberal Democratic Coalition government is trotting out a new version of the controversial Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) that was proposed by …
Pastebin to speed up takedown of sensitive information
The owner of Pastebin.com, the preferred pastebin site of Anonymous-affiliated hackers, is looking to clean up the site’s image by improving detection and removal of …
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