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IT professionals believe their organizations aren’t doing enough to protect critical data and systems, according to Sungard Availability Services. What is triggering …
How directors manage today’s key challenges
A nationwide survey of nearly 500 directors highlighted that daily risk oversight continues to be one of the central challenges facing boards, as well as an increased focus on …
Flaw in GoPro update mechanism reveals users’ Wi-Fi passwords
A vulnerability in the update mechanism for the wireless networks operated by GoPro cameras has allowed a security researcher to easily harvest over a 1,000 login credentials …
D-Link fixes critical router flaws
D-Link has released new firmware for its DIR-820L Wi-Fi dual band cloud router, which fixes a number of security vulnerabilities. One of these can apparently be exploited by …
Mass infection malware attack targets Android
AdaptiveMobile uncovered one of the single largest messaging-initiated mobile malware outbreaks. The malware, dubbed Gazon, which uses victims’ mobile phone contacts to …
Signal 2.0: Cross-platform encrypted voice and text communication app
Open Whisper Systems has released a new version of Signal, its free, open source iOS app for end-to-end encrypted voice calls. As announced in July last year, when the first …
Phishers target victims of iOS device theft
A clever phishing scheme has been spotted targeting users who have had their iPad or iPhone stolen, leading researchers to believe that it has been set up by a criminal group …
Firewall: The king of network security
A new FireMon report, based on a survey of over 700 network security practitioners, reveals that firewalls remain highly strategic to organizations’ current and future …
Global experiment exposes the dangers of using Wi-Fi hotspots
A global Wi-Fi hacking experiment exposed major security issues regarding the browsing habits of users around the globe. Avast mobile security experts traveled to cities in …
Security threats and the retail industry
Only 18 percent of retail IT security professionals are concerned that point of sale devices are being targeted by cyber criminals, and only 20 percent are …
Exposing the organized crime of tomorrow
Europol identified a series of key driving factors that will impact the future landscape of serious and organized crime in Europe. A decline of traditional hierarchical …
Uber’s on a hunt for the attacker that compromised its drivers’ database
Late last week, Uber’s Managing Counsel of Data Privacy Katherine Tassi has revealed that the company has suffered a data breach. One of its databases, which contains …
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