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A closer look at Mega cloud storage

Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Today I’m taking a look at Mega, a service that …

Aurora attackers were looking for Google’s surveillance database

When in early 2010 Google shared with the public that they had been breached in what became known as the Aurora attacks, they said that the attackers got their hands on some …

“NATO vacancies” phishing email also leads to malware

An interesting and very comprehensive phishing and malware-delivery campaign has been spotted by Webroot researchers. The attackers are posing as the chief of NATO’s …

CISOs need to engage with the board

Cyberspace has placed information risk firmly on the boardroom agenda, and CISOs need to engage with their boards to ensure their organizations understand and manage …

Find TrueCrypt and BitLocker encrypted containers and images

Passware announced that Passware Kit Forensic 12.5 can now recognize hard disk images and containers, such as TrueCrypt, BitLocker, PGP, during a computer scan. For a computer …

Wi-Fi client security weaknesses still prevalent

Google Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices have an inherent security weakness in the method they use for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that has the …

Sourcefire goes beyond the sandbox

Sourcefire introduced malware trajectory capabilities across its Advanced Malware Protection portfolio, giving customers visibility into malware attack activity and enabling …

U.S. Congress has questions about Google Glass and privacy

Members of the U.S. Congress’ Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus have sent an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page, questioning the company’s privacy consideration when it …

Jailed hacker designs device to thwart ATM card skimming

A Romanian hacker that has been jailed for his involvement with a criminal gang that planted ATM skimmers and stole card information has designed a new device aimed at …

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware

Trend Micro researchers have discovered a new, massive cyber espionage campaign that has been hitting as many as 71 victims each day, including government ministries, …

Digital Government Strategy progress and challenges

A new report by Mobile Work Exchange and Good Technology examines Federal agencies’ progress toward the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Digital Government …

Over 45% of IT pros snitch on their colleagues

Forty five percent of IT workers admit they would snitch you up to the boss if you decide to break corporate rules or access company information that you shouldn’t on …

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