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Yara signatures for Careto, the Masked APT
Last week, Kaspersky Lab released their research (Unveiling Careto – The Masked APT) on a fresh APT campaign, which is supposed to had been running for several years. …
60% of enterprises relying on sysadmins to self-police SSH keys
Enterprises tolerate security vulnerabilities by allowing open door, root-level access, according to a new Ponemon Institute report. 46% of the 1,854 respondents reported …
400 iOS and Android apps analyzed for privacy and security risks
A new report analyzes the behaviors of the top 400 iOS and Android apps to assess the state of mobile app security and identify trends impacting consumers and enterprises with …
Cost of Target data breach exceeds $200 million
Financial institutions continue to respond to the massive data breach at Target. According to data collected by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) and the Credit Union …
Lessons learned from blocking 100 million cyber attacks
Using real-life data from the 100m+ malicious hack attempts FireHost blocked in the last 12 months, they produced a Superfecta report which contains a quarter-by-quarter guide …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 41 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 41 has been released today. Table of contents: …
Malicious mobile apps on Google Play up 400 percent
RiskIQ announced research findings on the presence of malicious apps contained in the Google Play store. The company found that malicious apps have grown 388 percent from 2011 …
Epidemic of cyber attacks compromising healthcare organizations
The networks and Internet-connected devices of organizations in virtually every healthcare category — from hospitals to insurance carriers to pharmaceutical companies — have …
US businesses suffered 666,000 internal security breaches
Over 666,000 internal security breaches took place in US businesses in the last 12 months, an average of 2,560 per working day, new research has revealed. The findings, …
Strong authentication for cloud apps from Duo Security
Duo Security is expanding their security platform to help customers protect access to their sensitive data residing in cloud-based applications, including Salesforce, Google …
FBI Director James Comey to keynote RSA Conference 2014
RSA Conference announced that Director of the FBI, James B. Comey will provide a keynote presentation on Wednesday, February 26 at RSA Conference 2014 in San Francisco. During …
Half a million Belkin WeMo users are wide open to attackers
IOActive has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Belkin WeMo Home Automation devices that could affect over half a million users. Belkin’s WeMo uses Wi-Fi and the …