Win a free ticket to RSA Conference Europe 2011
RSA Conference Europe 2011 is scheduled to be held in London on October 11-13, and Help Net Security is offering a free ticket to the event for one lucky reader. RSA …
Picasa Web Albums and Yahoo! Groups are loved by spammers
Cyber crooks and spammers are always on the lookout for ways to reach and victimize the largest amount of individuals possible. And sometimes even Internet giants such as …
Law enforcement increasingly asking Internet companies to share data
The fact that one can find out a lot about a person’s interests, movements and opinions from their Facebook and Twitter accounts, Google searches and messages exchanged …
iPhone 5 spam emails lead to malware
Apple is expected to unveil the next iteration of its popular iPhone during a press event scheduled for tomorrow (October 4). As the excitement regarding the release of the …
HTC Android devices allow almost any app access to private data
It’s bad news all around for users of various HTC Android smartphones, as the private data collected by the logging tools recently introduced by the company is also …
Serious disconnect between security perceptions and reality
There’s a serious disconnect between security perceptions and reality among IT Enterprise security managers, according to McAfee. The 2011 Data Center Security Survey …
Facebook now protects users from malicious links
Facebook and Websense announced a technology integration partnership that helps to protect Facebook users from links that lead to malware and malicious sites. Starting today, …
Key issues facing SaaS industry
More than 95 percent of organizations expect to maintain or increase their investments in software as a service (SaaS) and more than one-third have migration projects under …
Symantec IM Manager multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec IM Manager, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system and by malicious people to …
Week in review: Mysql.com hack, QR codes leading to malware and Facebook fixes post-logout tracking cookie
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, podcasts and articles: Facebook changes raise serious security concerns The last few …
QR codes used to infect Android users with malware
Most people already know what QR codes are: a new type of “barcode” that can be used for a variety of purposes – tracking, ticketing, labeling of products, …
Microsoft security solutions say Chrome is malware
Among the questions and comments on the Google Chrome support forums this morning are several complaints about Microsoft Security Essentials detecting Chrome as a Zbot variant …
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