Increase in enterprise cloud adoption and data risk
Skyhigh Networks analyzed actual cloud usage data from over 15 million enterprise employees across 350 enterprises. Although they found a record high percentage of cloud …
Improved Simplocker variant hits Android users hard
Mobile crypto-ransomware Simplocker has evolved, and returning the encrypted files to their unencrypted state is no longer easy as it was. First spotted in June 2014, …
A closer look at LepideAuditor Suite
Server systems are the pillars of an organization’s working environment, and they should be up and running at all times, without any interruptions. If a server crashes …
Active spam campaign leads to sophisticated PayPal phishing sites
PayPal-themed phishing campaigns are nothing new, but they are more and more legitimate-looking as time goes by. Researchers with OpenDNS Labs have spotted one such campaign …
Facebook unveils platform for exchanging security threat information
Facebook and sever other big Internet and tech companies have banded together to create ThreatExchange, a platform for exchanging security threat information. …
Google Play flaw opens Android devices to silent malware installation
Android users are in danger of getting malicious apps silently installed on their devices by attackers, warns Rapid7’s Tod Beardsley, technical lead for the Metasploit …
Jeb Bush dumps emails full of private data online
Jeb Bush, who might end up being a candidate in the next 2016 US presidential election, has made a clumsy misstep in his attempt to provide “transparency” into his …
Tens of thousands MongoDB databases easily accessible from the Internet
A group of students from Saarland University’s Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) have discovered tens of thousands MongoDB databases accessible …
Dangerous vulnerabilities plague IoT home security systems
Owners of Internet-connected home security systems may not be the only ones monitoring their homes. A new HP study found that 100 percent of the studied devices used in home …
Forbes.com compromised by Chinese cyber spies targeting US firms
Forbes.com – the 61st most popular website in the US according to Alexa – has been compromised to redirect certain visitors to websites delivering espionage …
Majority of dating apps are open to hacks
IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information …
How public Wi-Fi puts unprotected users at risk
76% of American smartphone and tablet users are at risk of privacy loss and identity theft via public Wi-Fi networks. The risk of using public Wi-Fi without a protected …
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