DPAPI vulnerability allows intruders to decrypt personal data
Passcape Software has discovered a DPAPI vulnerability that could potentially lead to unauthorized decryption of personal data and passwords of interactive domain users. The …
Risks of selling used smartphones
AVAST Software easily retrieved personal data from used smartphones sold online, despite consumers deleting their data. From the used devices, researchers was able to recover …
GFI MailEssentials gets new AV engine and anti-spam capabilities
GFI Software released GFI MailEssentials 2014 R2, adding major enhancements to the company’s email security solution. With more than 70 per cent of worldwide email …
Mobile banking users to exceed 1.75 billion by 2019
Over 1.75 billion mobile phone users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2019, compared to 800 million this year, according to Juniper Research. …
Travelers targeted by infected travel websites
Proofpoint security researchers recently were the first to discover that a large number of travel destination websites had been compromised and were being used to deliver the …
Security weakness found in WiFi enabled LED light bulb
Researchers at Context Information Security have been able to expose a security weakness in a WiFi enabled, energy efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled from a …
Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Gathering and using threat intelligence In this interview, Tomer Teller, …
Microsoft to address six issues on Tuesday
Microsoft has dropped their July 2014 advance security notification and it looks like a relatively light month of patching. Six issues in total, 2 Critical, 3 Important, 1 …
Connecting cloud storage services and cloud-based data loss prevention
CoSoSys released a new version of My Endpoint Protector, a cloud-based Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution for both Macs and PCs. The new …
Estimated $3.75bn stolen by Brazil fraud ring
An estimated $3.75 billion have been netted by a single fraud ring that took advantage of a popular Brazilian payment method – the Boleto – by wielding a …
Spammers are always thinking up new tricks
The percentage of spam in email traffic in May averaged 69.8 per cent – 1.3 percentage points less than the previous month. May saw numerous mass mailings for schools …
Microsoft supports open source software framework for IoT
The AllSeen Alliance, the broadest Internet of Everything open-source project, announced that Microsoft has joined the group’s multi-company effort as a Premier Member …