Internet interconnection ecosystem resilience
The Internet has so far been extremely resilient. But will this last? A systemic failure of the Internet would cause significant problems for several sectors like energy, …
Malware campaign impersonates FBI
A new email malware campaign claims to come from the FBI and deliver a warning that they have been monitoring your Internet activities. Apparently they have logged your IP …
Malware instead of gifts for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has always been celebrated with gifts for moms worldwide. However, BitDefender is warning consumers that cyber crooks are taking advantage of this special …
Symantec.cloud announces new SaaS services
Symantec announced a number of new service enhancements which will bring more of Symantec’s technologies to the cloud, offering increased flexibility of choice to …
Network access control system PacketFence 2.2 released
PacketFence is a free and open source network access control (NAC) system. It can be used to effectively secure networks – from small to very large heterogeneous …
Rogueware campaign targeting Mac users
Bad guys distributing rogueware are attacking Mac users using Blackhat SEO techniques and poisoning search results. During our research about Osama Bin Laden’s death we …
Technology is not the only solution against spear phishing
While technology plays an important role in protecting organizations from cyber threats, spear phishing attacks focus on the human element to ensure success. No technology …
MAC Defender rogue anti-virus analysis and removal
SecureMac reports that a new privacy and security threat is targeting computers running Apple’s Mac OS X disguised as an anti-virus program called MAC Defender. The …
24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment accounts stolen
Sony’s ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems revealed that attackers may have stolen personal information from approximately …
New threats require multiple layers of defense
Consumers can expect to receive many more notices – similar to those sent by companies that had used the Epsilon marketing service – in the months ahead from …
Embed strong authentication into mobile applications
To improve the speed and efficiency in which financial institutions develop and provide customers secure, trusted mobile banking applications, Entrust announces their …
Seagate unveils first hard drive with 1TB per platter
Seagate unveiled the world’s first 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter, breaking the 1TB areal density barrier. Seagate’s GoFlex …