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Telecommunications Denial of Service attacks

The FBI released a warning to consumers concerning a new scheme using telecommunications Denial of Service (TDoS) attacks. The FBI determined fraudsters compromised victim …

Lenovo’s download portal found serving Bredolab Trojan

Lenovo’s driver download portal was discovered to be compromised and was found serving malware this weekend. A hidden iframe inserted in the page was redirecting users …

The truth about social media identity theft

The use of social media can increase consumer vulnerability to identity theft because of the amount and type of personal information people share on these networks. However, …

6 cloud security tips

Although there is a growing awareness of the many benefits of cloud computing – including on-demand provisioning that enables businesses to increase efficiency and …

When Twitter resets your password

Recently, Twitter issued the following tweet on their @safety account: If you follow the link, you will be given information about the Twitter modus operandi when it comes to …

Hybrid SaaS email security from Trend Micro

Trend Micro announced the latest version of InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA), newly built as a hybrid SaaS email security solution that integrates …

New Qualys Patch Report aligns IT security with operations

Qualys announced Patch Report, a new feature in QualysGuard Vulnerability Management to help customers quickly identify and implement patches to eliminate vulnerabilities in …

iPhone Password Breaker updated with iOS4 Software support

ElcomSoft updated their iPhone Password Breaker with iOS4 Software support. Apple has changed the algorithm protecting encrypted backups for its iOS devices, making the backup …

Monitor Mac OS X services on your iPhone or iPad

With Server Admin Remote IT administrators can monitor the alive status of Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard Server services, start/stop services and observe the …

Week in review: Social engineering, Facebook clickjacking and a new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Automated social engineering PoC successful on Facebook and IRC In order to reach a …

HTML files redirect users to malicious sites, evade mail server antivirus

Facebook, Twitter and Skype are Internet behemoths, counting hundreds of millions users each, so it is not surprising that many malicious email campaigns masquerade as …

Apple updates Mac malware protection

Researchers at Sophos discovered that Apple updated the anti-malware protection built-into Mac OS X when it released a new version earlier this week. Mac OS X 10.6.4 has been …

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