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Offers from domain resellers evade spam filters

The Internet has created a great amount of business opportunities – most of them legal, some not and some that fall in the gray area between the two extremes. An example …

Symantec tackles malicious advertising

Symantec announced AdVantage, a new cloud-based service that will enable website owners to discover malware hidden in online advertisements. Malicious advertising …

Simple online protection steps for seniors

Older Americans, who grew up in the era of rotary-dial phones and black and white TV programming, may still be in the minority among Internet users. They are a rapidly growing …

4 million identity fraud victims in the UK

Identity fraud continues to rise with 4 million victims in UK alone – yet consumers continue to be complacent with their identities. According to research commissioned …

Sesame Street YouTube channel hacked

Followers of the Sesame Street YouTube channel have had a nasty surprise when they tuned in on Sunday. Instead of the children-friendly videos they were faced with pretty …

“Facebook lost your messages” spam returns

Facebook users are constantly targeted by emails posing as legitimate notifications from the popular social network, and the latest ones are an upgraded version of an old fake …

McAfee and RSA partner for compliance and risk management solution

McAfee and RSA announced a new joint solution which integrates security data from the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform (McAfee ePO) with business infrastructure and …

Moving To The Cloud

Moving to the Cloud provides an in-depth introduction to cloud computing models, cloud platforms, application development paradigms, concepts and technologies. The authors …

Week in review: Trojanized Netflix app, new Sony attack and German government’s Trojan/backdoor

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and photos: Most social networks users don’t keep up with privacy settings changes …

How the German “Federal Trojan” was actually used

After the Chaos Computer Club hackers made public the results of their analysis of a few samples of the so-called “Federal Trojan” and found it capable of more …

When it comes to intrusions, size matters

A survey of enterprise IT managers and network administrators that has been conducted annually since 2005 shows that there has been a gradual increase in smaller enterprises …

Active response to database threats

AppSecInc announced DbProtect Active Response. Designed to provide an added layer of security around valuable and sensitive data, it gives organizations the flexibility to …

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