Week in review: ATMs hacked, malware attacks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, articles and reviews: U.K. seeks cyber experts, offers challenge and educational and …
Movie files run in QuickTime Player trigger malware download
Specifically crafted .mov files trigger the download of malware masquerading as a codec update and an installation file for another player when run in the latest (7.6.6) …
Security pros say serious mobile device and social network breaches are rare
RSA Conference released the results of its recent survey of security professionals regarding issues like cloud computing, mobile devices and social networking. The final study …
Free online SSL test for web sites
Qualys announced a free online SSL test for web sites at Qualys SSL Labs, which examines a web site’s SSL certificate chain to ensure it is trusted and serves as a good …
Android wallpaper app stealing user data and sending it to China
The revelation that an application for Android that is being sold on Google’s Android Market is sending out information regarding your phone (SIM card number, subscriber …
Black Hat USA 2010: A recession proof conference?
Black Hat, one of the world’s premier information security events, opened its doors this week in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference features ten tracks covering a …
Apple improves App Store security
Following the recent hacking of its App Store, Apple instituted a new security measure that should prevent hijackers of accounts from purchasing anything from the store. The …
ATMs hacked and spitting up money at Black Hat
Delivering on his promise, security researcher Barnaby Jack has managed to make two unpatched ATMs from two major vendors spit out cash during his demonstration at the Black …
Trojan masquerades as iPhone jailbreaking software
An email campaigned targeting iPhone users who might want to jailbreak their device has been detected by BitDefender. Only a couple of days after U.S. federal regulators …
Authentication management platform for any and every authentication factor
” border=”0″ align=”left” vspace=”5″ hspace=”5″>Hitachi ID Systems has released Password Manager 7.0, an authentication …
Google has two times more malware than Bing, Yahoo! and Twitter combined
Barracuda released its Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, revealing data from two key areas: search engine malware and Twitter use and crime rate. Searching for …
New assurance mark of software application security
Veracode unveiled the VERAFIED High Assurance mark of software application security for the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors. This industry “seal of …