Critical Java 0-day flaw exploited in the wild
Researchers from security firm FireEye have discovered targeted attacks exploiting a zero-day Java vulnerability to deliver the Poison Ivy RAT onto the unsuspecting …
Kingston unveils new enterprise-class SSD
Kingston Digital announced the SSDNow E100 SSD, a new SSD which enables enterprises to accommodate the performance demands required in support of big data and virtualization …
Mikko Hypponen: Where are we and where are we going
Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. Here you can watch his keynote at this year’s Hack In Paris conference.
Dropbox introduces 2-factor authentication
Early this month, popular file hosting service Dropbox confirmed an internal breach the resulted in its European users receiving spam advertising gambling websites, and …
Data protection for the cloud with ProtectV
As more data moves to private or public clouds, the number of super-users with access to an organization’s data multiplies, the risk of VMs being copied without the …
“Tax Payment Rejected” spam campaign
Bogus emails supposedly coming from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), informing users that their “tax transaction” has been cancelled and trying to get them …
Cyber incident reporting in the EU
ENISA took a snapshot of existing and future EU legislation on security measures and incident reporting. Their analysis underlines important steps forward, but also identifies …
Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking
With contributions from more than 30 experts, Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking describes cutting-edge technologies for connecting the electrical power …
Week in review: Multi-platform malware, new trends in BYOD, and Google setting up privacy team
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and reviews: 92% of the top 100 mobile apps have been hacked Ninety-two percent of the …
Crisis malware doesn’t affect most VMware hypervisors
A few days ago Symantec researchers revealed that the Crisis malware is not limited to attacking Mac machines, but has the ability to infect devices running Windows and …
“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 …