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Abrupt drop in Symbian malware

In what may be the only good news for Symbian, F-Secure’s latest Mobile Threat Report shows a drop in malware targeting the declining platform to just four percent of …

SolarWinds Alert Central: Free tool for managing IT alerts

SolarWinds announced a first full-featured yet free product, SolarWinds Alert Central. IT pros can now centralize multi-system IT alerts in a single, consolidated view, give …

BitInstant back online following breach, Bitcoin theft

BitInstant, one of the online Bitcoin exchange services, has been down and unaccessible from Thursday evening to Monday due to a “sophisticated attack,” which …

Samsung Galaxy devices’ lock screen easily bypassed

This week revealed not one, but two security vulnerabilities that allow anyone to bypass the lock screen on a variety of Samsung Android smatphones. On Monday UK blogger …

Google reports on non-court ordered FBI data requests

With every new Transparency Report that Google releases biannually since 2009, new information about data requests from government agencies are included. This last report, …

Malicious Java applet uses stolen certificate to run automatically

A signed but malicious applet that will apparently fool even the latest Java 6 update has been discovered on a German online dictionary website infected by the g01pack exploit …

99 percent of web apps vulnerable to attack

A new Cenzic report demonstrates that the overwhelming presence of web application vulnerabilities remains a constant problem, with an astounding 99 percent of applications …

Identity theft on the rise this tax season

The threat of identity theft this tax season leaves consumers with more to worry about than whether or not a tax return is in the mail. A thief may use sensitive information, …

Bogus Delta receipt confirmation leads to malware

Once again, Delta Air Lines customers are being targeted with spoofed emails supposedly carrying their eTicket, and are urged to download and open the attached PDF file …

Static analysis tool for examining binaries

GrammaTech announced a static-analysis tool for analyzing binary libraries and executables. CodeSonar for Binaries enables users to examine software for security …

Dell SecureWorks expands incident response services

Dell SecureWorks is expanding its incident response (IR) services to counter the growing severity and frequency of breaches. Many organizations aren’t equipped …

Enterprise security for businesses addressing privacy obstacles

Protegrity announced deeper enterprise security for global businesses addressing privacy obstacles such as cross-border data transfer and industry specific regulatory …

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