Is 2010 the year of the cloud?
Research by Resource on Demand claims to show the company has been receiving a record number of enquiries for salesforce and SaaS specialists during the first month of the …
Phishing spam from “Bank of Nevada”
What seemed like a typical phishing email was received by TrendLabs for analysis, but turned out to be just a ploy to get users to visit a malicious site with adult content. …
Video: This you???? Twitter phishing attack demonstrated
A phishing attack on Twitter asks “This you????” and links to a bogus login page. Here’s a video from Sophos that shows how it works:
Rogue software details: TrustFighter
TrustFighter is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
US unable to win a cyber war
The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in the exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington’s Mandarin Oriental …
VeriSign introduces new verification service for Web sites
VeriSign debuted the VeriSign Trust Seal, an extension of their recognized online trust mark, to increase confidence, traffic and transactions for sites that do not require …
Intel admits to being targeted in January attacks
Among the 34 companies that have been targeted by “sophisticated” attacks in January was Intel. The fact was acknowledged in the company’s annual report for …
Critical vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager patched
A critical vulnerability has been identified in the Adobe Download Manager. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-0189) could potentially allow an attacker to download and install …
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to keynote RSA Conference 2010
RSA Conference 2010 announced that Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, is scheduled to deliver a keynote on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM. Secretary …
IT firm falls victim to online bank fraud, loses $100,000
The latest company to fall victim to a plundering of their account by the hands of cyber criminals is Cynxsure, an IT consultancy firm based in New Hampshire. The criminals …
Windows Live ID phishing spam
Joe Wilcox warns of what seems to be an attempt to phish his Windows Live ID and password. Here is the contents of the email purporting to come from the “Windows Live …
The need for global cooperation on cyber security
When the Internet was in its teens, it was hard to imagine it evolving as far as it has. Yesterday I was chuckling over an article from 1995 in which the author adamantly …
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