How to prevent a botnet infection?
The research team at e-mail security provider Eleven, published five tips today to help users prevent a botnet infection on their computer. Botnets are groups of hijacked …
Dissatisfaction with the current state of backup
ExaGrid Systems announced the results of a survey of 1,200 IT managers which shows widespread dissatisfaction with the capabilities of many existing backup systems to keep up …
Most 5 year olds already use an Internet enabled device
Children as young as five have easy access to an internet enabled device. A One Poll study of 2,000 parents of children aged 5 to 15 also shows six parents in ten frequently …
F-Secure Mobile Security protects Android TVs and set-top boxes
F-Secure launched a new version of F-Secure Mobile Security which features support for standard Android devices including TVs and set-top boxes. The new version also comes …
Malicious phpMyAdmin served from SourceForge mirror
A malicious version of the open source Web-based MySQL database administration tool phpMyAdmin has been discovered on one of the official mirror sites of SourceForge, the …
Researcher shows Samsung Galaxy S3 remote data-wipe hack
At the recently held ekoparty Security conference in Buenos Aires security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar has demonstrated a simple attack that could lead to a remote wiping of …
Critical Java flaw affects nearly one billion users
Researchers from Polish firm Security Explorations keep digging into Java and discovering flaws, the latest of which has been unearthed just before Oracle’s annual …
Researchers bypass NFC access control with smartphone
A security flaw in most Mifare NFC contactless cards can easily be misused by hackers to modify the contents of the cards and get free rides on at least two U.S. transit …
eIQnetworks releases next generation SIEM
eIQnetworks announced SecureVue NGS, a next-generation SIEM solution that provides log management, event management, network behavioral analysis and intelligent security …
Bogus Second Life survey leads to card info theft
Users of popular online virtual world Second Life are in danger of getting their credit card details stolen via phishing pages that supposedly offer 2500 Linden dollars …
Mobile banking trends and hidden risks
While mobile banking apps are growing quickly in popularity, 68 percent of smartphone owners who have not yet adopted these apps are holding back due to security fears, while …
Solutions for application and network performance management
AppNeta launched its unified solutions for End User Experience Monitoring including full-stack application performance tracing and network performance insight. As business …