Plenty of credit card fraud and identity theft
A survey of 1000 commuters in London has found that a tidal wave of credit card fraud and Identity theft is sweeping the UK as 44 % of people said they have suffered from …
Netgear ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall
Netgear announced the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), the first business firewall to provide in excess of 1 Gbps performance for under $500, which …
Splunk.com password leak
Splunk announced on their blog that they discovered the logging of users’ passwords in clear text. The culprit is debug code that found its way onto the www.splunk.com …
Organizations resist automated IT security processes
Organizations are investing to improve their security processes, but very few have automated their compliance procedures. This is one of the findings of a research report by …
Week in review: Facebook credentials for sale, Fake AV issues and rising security threats
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and podcasts: OWASP releases list of top 10 web application risks OWASP has released an …
Russian hacker offers 1.5m Facebook credentials for sale
What will Facebook do if the Russian hacker Kirllos’ claim that he has in his possession login credentials for 1.5 million Facebook accounts proves to be true? The …
National Health Service system infected with data-stealing worm
The not-so-new and easily detectable Qakbot worm has compromised over a thousand machines within the UK’s National Health Service computer system, say Symantec …
VLC media player 1.0.6 fixes several vulnerabilities
The VLC development team introduced a new version of its ‘Goldeneye’ branch. This release bridges the gap between version 1.0.5 and the upcoming 1.1.0 VLC release. …
SplashID for iPhone introduces finger pattern login
SplashID 5.3 includes a unique new pattern-based option for accessing a user’s secure database of passwords, web logins, account numbers, PINs, and other sensitive …
Survey: 71% of companies monitor employee social media use
Over seventy percent of corporations have visibility into employee use of social media, according to a recent survey from nCircle. The online survey of 257 security …
Fake fast food survey with cash reward leads to phishing site
Scammers often use the familiarity of a brand as a means of lessening the victims’ tendency to be cautious when perusing unsolicited emails. In this latest email scam, …
Beware of fake emails from Twitter Support
As evidenced by the tweets on their official Safety account, Twitter is warning their users not to open emails purportedly coming from Twitter Support (support@twitter.com) …