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Researchers have found a weakness in the AES algorithm. They managed to come up with a clever new attack that can recover the secret key four times easier than anticipated by …

Apple unveiled the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update which is recommended for all users running OS X Lion. The update is only 17.4 MB for an iMac and requires you to reboot after …

Following an audit at Google’s London office, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) believes Google has taken reasonable steps to improve its privacy …

A significant part of current attacks on the Internet comes from compromised hosts that, usually, take part in botnets. Even though bots themselves can be distributed all over …

Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals provides you with a guide to digital technology forensics in plain English. In the authors’ years of experience in working with …

SecureState released a new auxiliary module for the Metasploit Framework that can reduce the amount of time that it takes to visually fingerprint large amounts of web servers. …

AirPatrol unveiled ZoneDefense, a new mobile monitoring and policy enforcement technology that lets enterprises support the use of consumer and mobile devices on premises …

The UPS name is once again being used to spread vast amounts of email-attached malware. The last week has seen an extraordinary increase – over 5.5 times the average …

With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it’s no …

Attackers are increasingly leveraging the power of search engines, like Google, to successfully carry out automated cyber attacks against vulnerable websites, according to …

With the popularity of the WordPress blogging platform, security researchers here at Websense Security Labs are sure to sit up and take note of any reported zero-day threats …

Whether in the form of fraudulent emails, falsified websites or deceptive text messages, cybercriminals are casting a wider phishing net in the hopes of obtaining personal …