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4chan users take MPAA, RIAA websites down with DDoS attacks

The websites of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Indian tech firm Aiplex Software were crashed by DDoS attacks yesterday. The architects and executors of …

Google rolls out 2-factor authentication for Gmail and Apps

In view of the ever increasing number of successful phishing attacks that leave users with compromised accounts, Google has announced the introduction of two-step verification …

Mobile fraud detection imperative for the future of mobile commerce

By year-end 2013, location information or profile information from mobile phones will be used to validate 90 percent of mobile transactions, and the rapid adoption of …

Cybercriminals steal Interpol Chief’s identity to access info on fugitives

Ronald Noble, Interpol’s Secretary General, has revealed that cybercriminals have opened two fake Facebook accounts using his name and used them to gather sensitive …

Testing tool for packet filtering and access control systems

Idappcom launched Traffic IQ V2.0, an automated auditing and vulnerability assessment testing tool that has an extensive traffic library that includes thousands of real …

Week in review: Smartphone security risks, botnet offering DDoS services, defense of the future Internet

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: “Here you have” virus authors may be based in Spain …

BruCON planning halted by malware-infected aiport website

I was finalizing some details for my trip to BruCON next week and I stumbled upon a reported attack page on the official Charleroi Airport website: According to …

Seagate’s self-encrypting hard drive earns U.S. Government certification

Seagate’s Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive, the world’s first laptop hard drive with built-in encryption to protect against unauthorized access to information on …

80% of network attacks target web-based systems

2010 has brought the use of the Internet for conducting business to an all-time high; however, attacks continue to strike networks more than ever by using sophisticated …

Mobile tracking, remote phone locking and data wiping

Spare Backup launched Spare Mobile Security, a suite of software tools that provide users the means to remotely manage their mobile device. The suite includes five features: …

Facebook is the top source for malware infections

The use of social networking during working hours is common (77% of employees do), and consequently, 33% say they have been infected by malware corporate network that has been …

How bad are the web bad guys?

As the bad guys look for new ways to exploit holes in technology, they have become increasingly financially motivated, with organized crime picking up where the …

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