“Compensation for Scam Victims” 419 scam doing rounds
The psychology and economics behind the so-called Nigerian advanced fee fraud scams have been recently been explained by Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley in great detail, …
Female Android users targeted with Loozfon Trojan
An information-stealing piece of Android malware that is currently being used in a campaign aimed specifically at female Japanese users has been spotted by Symantec …
Safe Money technology protects online purchases
It’s no secret: most cybercriminals don’t want online fame, they want your money. Kaspersky Lab research shows that each day, more than 1,400 new pieces of banking …
Aramco hackers threaten to attack oil giant again
The group of hackers that claimed responsibility for the recent Saudi Aramco breach has announced that it will be targeting the company again because they want to prove that …
DDoS attacks protection advice from the EFF
Denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly common phenomena, used by a variety of actors—from activists to governments—to …
IDC finds increased adoption of storage efficiency technologies
The rapid increase in the amount of digital data that needs to be stored is pressuring organizations to increase capital expenditures associated with the acquisition of …
US Feds shutter three Android app pirate sites
For the first time since it has started the war against illegal sites, the US Department of Justice has swooped on three websites that were engaged in the illegal distribution …
Bogus Booking.com emails carry malware
The popularity of the Booking.com, one of the world’s biggest and most used online hotel reservations agency is getting misused in the latest malware distribution …
Google instituting internal Privacy Red Team
Google is looking for a Data Privacy Engineer to be part of an internal team whose goal will be to find – and remove – privacy risks in the company’s many …
McAfee Mobile Security gets additional privacy features
McAfee announced enhancements to its McAfee Mobile Security software, providing Android smartphone and tablet owners with additional privacy features that help them ensure …
Blackberry ID malware campaign
Websense ThreatSeeker Network intercepted a malware campaign targeting Blackberry customers. These fake emails state that the recipient has successfully created a Blackberry …
USB wireless access point from Sophos secures remote offices
Sophos announced the availability of the Sophos AP 5, its newest wireless access point which acts as an accessory to the Sophos Remote Ethernet Device (RED), creating a …
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