New book: Web Application Obfuscation
Web applications are used every day by millions of users, which is why they are one of the most popular vectors for attackers. Obfuscation of code has allowed hackers to take …
New consortium to improve security products
ICSA Labs has founded the Endpoint Security Consortium to help improve enterprise endpoint security products industrywide. The mission of the consortium is to create publicly …
Malicious Kodak Galleries used for serving Trojan
A variant of a highly specialized Trojan has appeared on fake sites mimicking Kodak Gallery pages, where potential victims are urged to download software that would supposedly …
Top 10 privacy issues for 2011
The prevalence of mobile devices with personally identifiable location-based information and the increasing use of social media are top concerns for 2011. With more personal …
Real-time forensic search engine
eIQnetworks launched ForensicVue, the first real-time forensic search engine to provide security analysts with the ability to search every piece of security data on their …
Government seizes 82 website domains
Seizure orders have been executed against 82 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works as …
Toshiba announces new self-encrypting drive
Toshiba announced a 7,200 RPM 2.5-inch Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) that provides government-grade AES-256 hardware encryption incorporated in the disk drive’s controller …
Ransomware abounds
Ransomware is any malware that manages to make a computer system or any of the files on it inaccessible to the user and asks him or her to pay up if they want to regain …
Organizations still fail to control USB devices
A survey has found that USB Flash drive ownership has exploded with 100% of the 229 respondents having at least one such device and more than 21% owning as many as 10 or more. …
Behavior of Safari on the iPhone could benefit scammers
A behavior of the Safari browser on the iPhone could be used by phishers and scammers to fool users into believing they have landed on a legitimate site, says Nitesh Dhanjani. …
EU investigates Google antitrust violations
The European Commission has decided to open an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google has abused a dominant position in online search, in violation of European …
Fake Trojan Removal Kit runs ThinkPoint rogue
When looking for an anti-malware solution, it pays to be extra careful. Take the example of the “Trojan Removal Kit”. It is offered on fake security scan pages …
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