“Southwest Airlines giveaway” Facebook scam doing rounds
A new survey scam is targeting Facebook users, misusing the name of well-known Southwest Airlines to supposedly offer two free tickets to any destination within the U.S. Users …
Log audit reveals developer outsourced his job to China
Log analysis can reveal a lot of security mistakes and fails, but a lot of security sins, too. Take for example the incident recently shared by Verizon’s Risk Team: …
Microsoft advances the Cloud OS
Microsoft announced new solutions to help enterprise customers manage hybrid cloud services and connected devices. System Center 2012 SP1, the enhanced Windows Intune, Windows …
Company bosses slacking on hacking
Company bosses across the UK have a complacent attitude toward cybercrime and are inviting criminal attacks due to their sloppy approach to internet security, reveals new …
CIOs agree: Digital technologies are top priorities
Enterprises realize on average only 43 percent of technology’s business potential, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner’s Executive Programs. That …
Mobile Security for Android combats mobile threats
Commtouch announced Mobile Security for Android, an OEM solution that offers cloud-assisted antivirus and Web security services delivered through a client SDK. Mobile Security …
Oracle delivers 86 security fixes
Oracle has had two major updates in the last 2 days. On Sunday, Jan. 13 a new version of Java 7 was released that addresses the 0-day vulnerability that has been exploited in …
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 6 and ESET Smart Security 6 released
ESET released new versions of its flagship products. Enhancements to both products include advancements in threat detection, more thorough cleaning of infected systems, and an …
Automated YouTube account generator offered to cyber crooks
You’re a spammer / malware peddler / phisher, and want to register hundreds of bogus accounts on a popular online service such as YouTube in order to lead users to your …
Waledac botmasters use Virut malware to build a new botnet
Despite having been swooped down on by security companies and law enforcement a couple of times, the botmasters of the Waledac (Kelihos) botnet refuse to give up and are using …
Wombat unveils social engineering security training module
Wombat released its social engineering training module to defend against social engineering threats, including spear phishing and social media-based attacks. Commonly defined …
Free virtual machine management tool
vOPS Server Explorer is a suite of five free utilities for VM administrators. The included tools are: Storage Explorer – Storage performance and capacity views across …
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