“Free additional storage” phishing emails doing rounds
Symantec researchers warn about a variety of fake emails supposedly coming from popular email and online storage services, offering “storage quota upgrades”. A …
Android drive-by download malware served by hacked websites
A number of legitimate but compromised websites have been spotted serving Android malware to unsuspecting visitors, warns Lookout. The downloading of the malware, which poses …
Location-based apps thrive despite privacy concerns
Fifty-eight percent of consumers who have a smart device use location-based applications, despite concerns about safety and third-party use of their personal information for …
Autorun-based threats account for 12% of global infections
Bitdefender announced that more than four years after Autorun was eliminated from operating systems, worms that take advantage of the antiquated feature account for more than …
ISO 27001 benefits: How to obtain management support
As with any other project, if you do not ensure enough money and human resources, your ISO 27001 project will fail. Therefore, the only way to get those is to get your …
50% of businesses feel the cloud is too risky
Despite the apparent enthusiasm around cloud computing, a Wisegate survey revealed that over 50% believe the cloud is too risky for prime time, and only suitable for commodity …
Child ID theft epidemic continues to spread
The epidemic of child identity theft revealed last year is continuing to grow. 10.7% of the nearly 27,000 children in the study are victims of identity theft, 35 times higher …
Users feel insecure on social media sites
More than four out of five users worry about their personal information being stolen or misused on social media sites such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, according to …
Audited way to reset or unlock domain account passwords
Lieberman Software released Account Reset Console 6.0, which permits delegated users to reset their own passwords and unlock their own accounts without involving IT staff, …
Identity as a Service platform for cloud service providers
Symplified announced Symplified Structure which enables telcos, cloud service providers, cloud application brokers, and cloud application hosting companies to seamlessly …
Poison Ivy RAT served by compromised Israeli website
The official website of the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies has been compromised and has been found serving a variant of the Poison Ivy remote administration …
Joint attack by banking Trojan and ransomware
The Citadel malware – a banking Trojan that is based on Zeus Trojan’s source code and whose creators have adopted a Software-as-a-Service approach when it comes to …
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