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Sophos reports that some Apple iPhone owners in Australia have seen their smartphones get infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop musician …

Websecurify is a Web application security testing tool which automatically identifies vulnerabilities by using advanced scanning and fuzzing technologies. The key improvements …

Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium …

AV-Comparatives.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions: Avast Professional Edition 4.8 AVG …

Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa of PhoneFactor discovered a serious vulnerability in SSL, the most common data security protocol on the Internet. The SSL Authentication Gap …

Learn how to configure Nessus to use credentials and login into a web application to scan with CGI generic tests.

A user’s Internet access may be restricted, if necessary and proportionate, only after a fair and impartial procedure including the user’s right to be heard. …

According to data compiled during October by PandaLabs, Spain tops the bot ranking with 44.49% of all computers infected by bots. These programs, once they have infected a …

79 percent of IT professionals use social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube, while the rest do not use social networking sites at all, according to a recent …

Securitybyte and OWASP India are hosting India’s largest information security event in New Delhi at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Nov 17th – Nov 20th 2009. The …

One reader wrote in asking: “How can one practice social engineering before using it in the wild?” Answering is Chris “loganWHD” Hadnagy, the lead …

Today, it’s expected that merchants accept electronic payments. It’s more than expected that those payments are secure. No data leaks or breaches of any kind. The …