Guidance to improve risk management and IoT
As connected devices infiltrate the workplace—some with IT’s knowledge and some without—both value and risk can increase significantly. ISACA has released new guidance …
How much can a DDoS attack cost your organization?
A DDoS attack on a company’s online resources might cause considerable losses – with average figures ranging from $52,000 to $444,000 depending on the size of the …
D-Link routers vulnerable to DNS hijacking
At least one and likely more D-Link routers as well as those of other manufacturers using the same firmware are vulnerable to remote changing of DNS settings and, effectively, …
Swiss users inundated with malware-laden spam
Swiss users are being heavily targeted by a number of spam campaigns delivering the Tiny Banker (TinBa or Busy) e-banking Trojan. Starting with Tuesday, the spammy emails seem …
Market share of antivirus vendors and products
A new report from OPSWAT determined the market share for the top five antivirus vendors with RTP enabled. It includes: Avast – 21.4% Microsoft – 19.4% AVG – …
Reactions to the serious vulnerability found in Glibc
The Qualys security research team has found a critical vulnerability in the Linux GNU C Library (glibc), that allows attackers to remotely take control of an entire system …
Critical BlackPhone bug allows attackers to spy on users
BlackPhone, a mobile phone aimed at users who want to keep their communications secure from mass surveillance attempts, is affected by a critical security vulnerability that …
New OS X Yosemite version fixes critical security issues, including Thunderstrike
Apple has released the latest version of OS X Yosemite (v10.10.2) and the first security update (2015-001) for this year, and among the problems fixed is one affecting the CPU …
How important is online privacy?
Consumer online privacy concerns remain extremely high with 92 percent of American internet users worrying to some extent about their privacy online – the same …
Hijacking drones with malware
A recent incident at the White House showed that small aerial vehicles (drones) present a specific security problem. While in this particular case the actual danger turned out …
Multiple vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel code
Francisco Falcon from the Core Exploit Writers Team found multiple vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel code that implements the vt console driver (previously known as …
IBM’s sophisticated cryptographic algorithm protects your identity
IBM researchers revealed plans for a cloud-based technology, called Identity Mixer, that uses a cryptographic algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user, …
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