Exploit for IE 0-day flaw published, patch still unavailable
An Israeli hacker has created an exploit for the IE zero-day flaw that Microsoft warned about on Tuesday, and the code is already being inserted into the Metasploit Framework. …
New Federal IT security certification program
A new certification program specifically designed and tailored to help secure the nation’s Federal information technology systems was unveiled today. The certification …
Targeted attacks exploiting PDF bugs are soaring
Adobe is having a hard time fighting its bad reputation when it comes to products riddled with vulnerabilities. Adobe Reader exploits seem the weapon of choice of many a cyber …
Koobface worm doubles its number of command and control servers
The shut down and recovery of the Troyak-as command and control center (C&C) for the active Zeus botnet was good news for the whole IT security community. Unfortunately, …
File sharing networks open door to identity theft
According to the Washington Post, in any given second, nearly 22 million people around the globe are on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks downloading and swapping movies, …
Employees continue to put data at risk
According to a Ponemon Institute study, business managers continue to pose the greatest threat to sensitive company information such as customer records, health information …
13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet
Following the worldwide shutdown of the Mariposa botnet last week, Panda Security reported today that the massive botnet had infected 13 million computers in 190 countries and …
Most malicious websites are hosted in the US
AVG Technologies unveiled the results of a research study which shows that – contrary to popular opinion – most malicious websites are hosted on US servers and not …
Basic security measures do wonders
Deep down inside, we all wish for a unique solution that will protect our machine or our network completely forever and ever, preferably one that can be activated with a …
Twitter tackles phishing problem
In a bid to obstruct the phishing onslaught that has lately been targeting its users, Twitter has announced that it will rout the submitted direct messages through a new URL …
Online banking rip-offs go up, card fraud goes down
Losses due to credit and debit card fraud have fallen for the first time in 3 years, says the UK Cards Association, only to be supplanted by a rising incidence of phishing …
9 million ZeuS attacks blocked in the last 6 months
Trend Micro has seen a recent rise in average of around 300 unique ZeuS samples per day, according to a recent threat report that examines the Eastern European criminal …
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