FBI officials become spam targets
Various government agencies and high ranking government officials have been the target of previous spam attacks. In their attempts to lure victims, criminals continue to …
Facebook mobile users get password reset option
Facebook has announced it will be adding a very welcome security feature for the 250 million users accessing the social network through their mobile devices – the …
Social networking users becoming privacy aware
A vast majority of computer users do not post vacation memories via social networks, according to a recent survey by Avira. During a June 2011 survey of its customers, …
Parental control software for smartphones
Code9 Mobile launched Code9 Mobile, a smartphone application that enables families to establish acceptable cell phone usage rules so kids learn to use their mobile devices in …
What really breaks SSL?
After years of being ignored — which is an unusual situation for the protocol that secures the Web — SSL became the focus of the interests of the security …
UK network and ISP study reveals slow speeds and geographic variance
A study by Pando Networks revealed striking disparities between the theoretical and real-world download speeds for British broadband users. By tracking the end-user speeds for …
Protecting mobile phones? Most don’t bother
Although almost a quarter of consumers (22%) have lost a mobile phone in the past, and a further 12% have had a phone stolen, 67% don’t have passwords set up on their …
TYPO3 multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in TYPO3, according to Secunia. These can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct script …
Thor’s Microsoft Security Bible
Thor’s Microsoft Security Bible provides a “one-stop-shop” for Microsoft-related security techniques and procedures as applied to the typical deployment of a …
Malicious fake Firefox update spam run
Fake notices about a Firefox update are again targeting the browser’s users, says Sophos. A rather plain message supposedly coming from Mozilla instructs users to follow …
Big corporations “hacked” in Defcon social engineering contest
Most of the recent high-profile cyber attacks against corporations and government organizations have one thing in common – they all started with a successful social …
SMS spying Android Trojan triggered by keywords
Another week, another trojanized Android app. And, according to Trend Micro researchers, this one has a functionality that differentiates it from similar previous ones: it …