73% of companies are unprepared for disaster recovery
The Disaster Recovery Preparedness (DRP) Council announced findings from its benchmark study which show that 73% of respondent organizations worldwide are not taking adequate …
More Bitcoin thefts, Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down
Mere days after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, “Bitcoin bank” Flexcoin and Bitcoin exchange Poloniex have announced that they have been successfully targeted by …
Three-year-old Uroburos rootkit likely created by Russian state-sponsored hackers
Researchers from German antivirus company G Data have discovered and analyzed a complex rootkit with spying capabilities and believe that it has been created and employed by …
300,000 routers compromised in DNS hijacking campaign
Some 300,000 confirmed – but most likely many more – small office/home office (SOHO) routers have been compromised and their DNS settings changed to use two IP …
Four trillion security transactions reveal security highlights
In 2013, CYREN analyzed more than four trillion security transactions worldwide – averaging 10 to 15 billion transactions per day. There’s been a marked increase …
Zeus retrieves attack list hidden in sunset and cat images
Malware peddlers employing a new Zeus banking Trojan variant have resorted to hiding the malware’s configuration file into innocuous-looking sunset and cat photos, warns …
Scammers turn to Facebook for targeting
Scammers are increasingly taking advantage of Facebook targeting tools and user trust to push cheap pharmaceuticals, designer replicas and other products in a trend …
Mt. Gox users targeted with fake promises of lost Bitcoin recovery
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has shared more details about the issues that have led to it filing for bankruptcy protection just as malware peddlers have started taking advantage …
Cyber crooks will go after medical records next
As security firms and law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate and successfully take down botnets, cyber crooks will be forced to look for new and more lucrative …
Netflix users targeted in active tech support scam
Malwarebytes’ security researcher Jerome Segura has recently analyzed a rather creative tech support scam that is actively targeting Netflix users. He doesn’t say …
Cisco offers $300k for IoT security solutions
Cisco has launched a new competition and is calling on “visionaries, innovators, and implementers” to propose practical solutions for issues affecting security of …
D-Link introduces portable 11AC router and charger
D-Link announced that it is now shipping the world’s first portable 11AC router, the Wi-Fi AC750 Portable Router and Charger (DIR-510L). This latest addition to the …
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