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The arrival of the post-PC threat era

With the release of its 2012 Annual Roundup and Mobile Security reports, Trend Micro documents how cybercriminals have moved beyond the PC, targeting Android, social media and …

Most exploit kits originated in Russia, say researchers

58 percent of the vulnerabilities targeted by the most popular exploit kits in Q4 were more than two years old and 70 percent of exploit kits reviewed were released or …

Employees targeted with fake DocuSign “confidential message”

An email purportedly sent by the DocuSign Electronic Signature Service on behalf of the administrative departments of a wide variety of organizations and businesses is hitting …

DNS attacks increase by 170%

Radware identified a number of new attack methods representative of today’s increasingly sophisticated and severe DDoS threat. Their latest report highlights …

Embrace BYOD or die

Dell Quest Software announced the results of a global survey of IT executives to gauge the level of organizational maturity with existing BYOD strategies, along with realized …

Video: History of the JavaScript security arsenal

In 2006 we had the first JavaScript port scanner. The same year we saw the incarnation of more advanced tools such as AttackAPI, Carnaval and Backframe. A year later we saw …

The cloud will impact the way security is consumed

Increased adoption of cloud-based computing is expected to impact the way security is consumed as well as how key government agencies will prioritize security of public cloud …

Skype becomes a malware minefield

Skype users should be careful when using the service these days. First CSIS researchers unearthed a campaign misusing Skype to replicate and spread the Shylock banking Trojan …

Twitter bug gives 3rd-party apps access to users’ Direct Messages

A Twitter bug allowed third-party applications to access Direct Messages of users who signed in to the apps by using their Twitter account, reported IOActive researcher Cesar …

How to spot APT attacks

With the proliferation of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), it’s paramount for those who are charged with defending the systems and networks of likely targets to know …

Investigating clever scamming techniques and their evolution

Christopher Boyd is a Senior Threat Researcher for GFI Software. Chris has been credited for finding the first instance of a rogue Web browser installing without permission, …

Video: Data mining a mountain of vulnerabilities

Every day, software developers around the world, from Bangalore to Silicon Valley, churn out millions of lines of insecure code. Veracode used static binary analysis on …

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