Metasploit Pro 4.5 released
Rapid7 released a new version of Metasploit Pro, which introduces advanced capabilities to simulate social engineering attacks. With Metasploit 4.5, security professionals can …
U.K. hacker convicted for taking part in Anonymous attacks
22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton, U.K., has been convicted on Thursday on one count of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers for his involvement …
Beware of bogus Facebook account cancellation requests
Bogus “Facebook Account Cancellation Request” emails are back, and this time the malicious senders didn’t opt for making users infect themselves. The …
Malicious email simultaneously impersonates UPS and FedEx
Malicious notifications supposedly coming from major courier delivery services companies are nothing new, but they still must catch enough users off guard. This latest one is …
Microsoft to release five critical bulletins
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2012 contains seven bulletins; five critical and two important. Bulletin 1 adversely affects Internet Explorer 9 …
Cloud-based services revenue to increase
Cloud-based services revenue in two years is expected to comprise nearly twice its current share of provider revenue, even as providers believe that showing evidence of cost …
Identity and access management with MyAccessLive
Aveksa announced MyAccessLive, a SaaS Identity and Access Management solution. This new offering provides integrated visibility and control of both cloud and on-premise …
DARPA will start testing devices and software for backdoors
The scenario is one that information security experts dread: widespread dissemination of commercial technology that is secretly wired to function in unintended ways or even …
Gameover gang uses Cutwail botnet to swell its own
The hackers behind the Gameover variant of the popular Zeus banking Trojan have rented the massive Cutwail botnet in order to send out millions of fake emails carrying the …
Huge GPU cluster makes password hacking a breeze
Cracking encrypted passwords is getting increasingly easier as researchers come up with new ways of harnessing CPU, GPU and cloud power to perform the task. The latest of the …
Half of CIOs don’t test cloud security
Cybersecurity tops CIO’s concerns, with 84% of CIOs stating that they are either concerned or very concerned about the risks associated with IT security breaches. Yet …
Cyber attacks resulting in death forecasted next year
WatchGuard’s security research analysts released a list of annual security predictions which reveals an uptick in emerging cyber threats and an increased focus by …