social engineering
Apple, Amazon change their security policies following epic hack
In the aftermath of the spectacular hack that left former Gizmodo employee Mat Honan without access to his Twitter account, his Gmail, his iCloud account and with his iPhone, …
Gizmodo hack reveals worrying flaws in data management policies
Mat Honan, the former Gizmodo employee who’s personal Twitter account compromise resulted in the temporary hijacking of the tech blog’s Twitter account, has …
Gizmodo’s Twitter hijacked following hack of iCloud account
Followers of popular technology weblog Gizmodo have been faced with some very offensive tweets coming from the site’s Twitter account on Friday. Many have accurately …
Cybercriminals use social engineering to extend lifecycle of malware
Android smartphone users remain a lucrative target as the platform currently has 59 percent global market share and is on track to stay the most shipped mobile operating …
Malicious emails target Uyghur activists, deliver backdoors
Highly targeted emails carrying a backdoor Trojan are currently directed at Uyghur activists, warn Kaspersky Lab and Alien Vault researchers. The former spotted emails …
User education essential against social engineering attacks
The five-year analysis of data from Google’s Safe Browsing service shows that the threat landscape of today has evolved considerably from that of just five years ago, …
Five IT security threats and how to combat them
Faced with external security threats from hackers and others, along with a growing array of even more dangerous internal security threats, companies worldwide are feeling the …
Beware of fake Facebook account cancellation emails
Fake account cancellation emails are targeting Facebook users and trying to get them infected with information-stealing malware, warns Sophos. The email looks pretty …
Survey scammers impersonate Apple via SMS
As the number of smartphone users increases with each passing day, survey scammers have turned some of their attention to targeting users directly via SMS messages containing …
Users worry about data security, but still trust social networks
Although the majority of people (71 percent) are worried about the amount of personal information held online, a significant proportion would still share confidential …
Cybercriminals target Google, LinkedIn and Mass Effect 3 users
During March 2012, GFI Labs documented several spam attacks and malware-laden email campaigns infiltrating users’ systems under the guise of communications purporting to …
Ghost in the Wires
Kevin Mitnick accessed computers and networks at the world’s biggest companies – and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone …