Malware family integration across botnets
Analysis by Symantec reveals that in February, 1 in 290.1 emails (0.345%) was malicious making February among the most prolific time periods both in terms of simultaneous …
US college becomes online identity theft victim
Officials of the private liberal arts Reed College from Oregon are currently trying to take down a site for a bogus University of Redwood that was put up by unknown …
Stolen e-mails reveal Morgan Stanley was hit by Aurora attacks
Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley seems also to have been a victim of the hackers behind the Aurora attacks which came to light a year ago when Google decided to …
Myvue.com and Autotrader.co.uk infected with malvertising
Taking advantage of the fact that a lot of security companies are more relaxed over the weekend, cybercriminals use the opportunity to strike. This weekend, the popular auto …
Attackers take advantage of emerging technologies
Attackers continue to focus on social engineering attacks and circumventing legacy enterprise security systems, according to Zscaler. Q4 saw shifts in the sources of …
Intel completes McAfee acquisition
Intel announced the acquisition of McAfee is complete. McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. Intel and McAfee plan to …
Eating the US EMV elephant
Last week, Visa announced that it would eliminate the requirement for eligible merchants to annually validate their compliance with the PCI DSS for any year in which at least …
Toshiba e-Studio855SE series with advanced security features
Toshiba introduced their new e-STUDIO855SE Series (models 555SE, 655SE, 755SE, 855SE) which provides Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Encryption and Data Overwrite out of the box. …
Moldovan fraud ring mastermind arrested
A coordinated effort of the Irish gardai and custom officers has led to the arrest of a Moldovan man that is thought to be the leader of and mastermind behind an international …
Cisco Firewall Services Module DoS vulnerability
A vulnerability exists in the Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers that may cause the Cisco FWSM to …
Banking MitB Trojan effective with most browsers
Man-in-the-Browser attacks are becoming ever more popular with cybercriminals that seek to plunder bank accounts. The latest in a long string of banking Trojans that aids them …
Play.com customers at risk from phishing
Play.com, one of the biggest UK online retailers, has its share of scammers that try to lure users searching for a bargain and scam them out of their hard earned money. Play …