Another Dutch CA confirms breach, stops issuing certificates
Another Certification Authority has admitted a breach into its systems and has decided to suspend the issuing of digital certificates as a precaution until more details are …
20-fold increase in fraudulent spam
In Q3 2011, the percentage of fraudulent emails in spam traffic increased twenty times, rising from 0.1 per cent last quarter to 2 per cent of all spam traffic in Q3. The …
Brazilian ISPs hit with massive DNS cache poisoning attacks
A massive DNS cache poisoning attack attempting to infect users trying to access popular websites is currently under way in Brazil, warns Kaspersky Lab expert Fabio Assolini. …
Why do malicious Android apps come from China?
It seems like every time we hear about a malicious application aimed at Android users, it is always distributed by third-party Chinese app markets. You might wonder why the …
Browser bloat and privacy concerns
An increase in browser-based bloat and malware, and growing concern over online tracking technology, will top the technology trends in 2012, according to SlimWare Utilities. …
McAfee updates its Cloud Security Platform
McAfee announced the latest enhancements to its Cloud Security Platform which secures all primary channels of traffic – email, web and authentication – moving …
Fake PayPal Account Review Notification doing rounds
An email notification supposedly sent by PayPal saying that an intrusion into the user’s account has been detected is currently hitting inboxes around the world. …
You can count on IT failures
A worrying 60 per cent of respondents surveyed by City Lifeline at this year’s IP Expo have lost access to the company’s IT system following an unexpected …
Barracuda Link Balancer XSS vulnerabilities
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Barracuda Link Balancer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, according to Secunia. …
GFI Software cloud-based anti-malware and anti-spam email security
GFI Software announced that GFI MailEssentials Complete Online, a cloud-based anti-malware and anti-spam email security solution, is now available to small and medium …
Week in review: Study of hacker forums, creating effective CAPTCHAs, and trust relocated for yet another CA
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, reviews and articles: Irresponsible IT disposal methods Although data security is the …
Hacker’s pay-walled site hacked by vengeful hackers
A hacker’s pay-walled site on which he offers administrative access to a number of military, education and government websites for sale, has been hacked by a rival …
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