Unencrypted payment data on business networks at 70%
SecurityMetrics published its second annual Payment Card Threat Report revealing unencrypted PAN (Primary Account Number) storage remains alarmingly high. Virtually no change …
Top 5 security threats for 2013
The Information Security Forum announced their forecast of the top five security threats businesses will face in 2013. Key threats include cyber security, supply chain …
Festive but fake UPS notification leads to fake AV
Fake UPS delivery notifications hit inboxes with regularity during the entire year, and usually don’t need “special effects” to trick users into downloading …
Android security and optimization app
IObit released its Android security and optimization app – Advanced Mobile Care, designed for Android 2.2 and above. The app gives Android users a way to protect their …
Entrust solves SSL compliance challenges
Finding, managing and analyzing SSL and other digital certificates can be time-consuming, complex and expensive. To help automate and simplify these tasks, Entrust introduces …
Virtualization Security: Protecting Virtualized Environments
Virtualization changes the playing field when it comes to security. There are new attack vectors, new operational patterns and complexity, and changes in IT architecture and …
16 arrested for $25M worth credit card theft, fraud
Sixteen individuals allegedly involved in a credit card information theft ring have been arrested in Romania during a series of raids, the Romanian Directorate for …
Facebook users will vote on policy changes, possibly for the last time
When Facebook recently announced that it plans to change the way users can influence changes on its privacy policy, privacy advocates were not amused. The Electronic Privacy …
Malicious ads lead to fake browser updates
Every now and then, malware peddlers employ the “Your browser is out of date, download the update here” approach to saddling inexperienced users with their …
Five priority areas for future U.S. homeland security focus
On the heels of the tenth anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Booz Allen Hamilton outlined five priority areas for the next decade …
Real-world cyber city used to train cyber warriors
SANS announced NetWars CyberCity, a small-scale city located close by the New Jersey Turnpike complete with a bank, hospital, water tower, train system, electric power grid, …
Most Americans uninformed about DDoS attacks
Whether motivated by an extreme form of free expression or criminal intent, distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks) are increasingly commonplace worldwide. Yet …
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