- I have a theory that says improving information system security–the security of our operating systems, network connections, and applications–just means the bad guys will focus more attention on our endpoints, the digital devices we use (continue reading...)
- Welcome back to Security 101. Our New Year’s recess is over, and it’s time to offer another lesson.
So far we have discussed vulnerabilities and some types of low-interaction attack vectors. In this (continue reading...)
- Thanks to Eric Chien for his assistance with this research.
Introduction
We recently came across a new piece of Android malware, first highlighted by NC State’s Xuxian Jiang, and began investigating the command-and-control (C&C) servers (continue reading...)
- This post discusses the recent detainment of two young British tourists in Los Angeles, California who were suspected of planning terroristic and other criminal activities due to the a misunderstanding of their Twitter messages (aka (continue reading...)
- Thanks to Anand Muralidharan for their assistance with this research.
Televison channels across the world are set to be at the 14th International Exhibition and Forum, World Content Show, held Feb 7- 9, 2012, in Russia. (continue reading...)
- Don’t let Valentine’s Day scams break your heart, and wallet
Many consumers look for a little romance on Valentine’s Day, whether it is a thoughtful gift, a romantic getaway, or a heartfelt e-card, but if you’re (continue reading...)
- The cyber security threat landscape has changed fundamentally over the last decade from “Code Red” to mass espionage and the threat of kinetic damage. Instead of moving unsophisticated worms around the Internet, today’s adversaries are (continue reading...)
- Symantec has confirmed that source code of an old version of pcAnywhere has been published on the net by hackers, as claims are made that the data thieves tried to extort $50,000 from the security (continue reading...)
- Nearly three-quarters of Americans have never installed data protection applications or security software on their mobile devices to prevent data loss or defend against viruses and malware. 72% of us have unsecured smartphones, to be (continue reading...)
- It is truly said that the world is growing smaller. And emails are one way which has helped us to communicate with our loved ones. They allow us to stay in touch with people all (continue reading...)
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The video below is part 2 in our series of the top ten things you didn't know about Nessus and covers how Nessus scans and audits routers, firewalls, virtualization, and integrates with your patch (continue reading...)
- An Android application package (APK) can include multiple modules; one or more of these modules may be an advertisement SDK. That's pretty normal nowadays, as many Android developers currently use such modules to (continue reading...)
- Over two years after the issue was first raised, Facebook has admitted that it's still working on deleting photos from legacy servers in a timely manner.
Which might mean that photos that you wanted to permanently (continue reading...)
- There’s an Xbox code generator floating around on Youtube and other sites right now, and a pretty popular one at that. How popular?
This popular: (continue reading...)
- iPhone app developers Path and Hipster are in hot water after it was discovered they are sending your address book to their servers without permission.
- With the U.S. currently in tax season, online criminals have, once again, sought to take advantage of this. Robert Stetson, one of our malware researchers, spotted a phishing email posing as Intuit Inc., a (continue reading...)
- Join two of Asia Pacific's top security experts, Rob Forsyth and Paul Ducklin, as they discuss and dissect the latest Security Threat Report from SophosLabs in an Asia Pacific webcast.
The event takes place at 2pm (continue reading...)
- At 3 AM, on February 6, 2012, Symantec Security Response observed spam carrying malicious links which target the upcoming tax season. The spam volume spiked between 6 AM and 1 PM, identifying over 200 unique (continue reading...)
- Here are some recently released podcasts by ESET Rearchers, addressing current topics such as the recent VeriSign hacks, the takedown of MegaUpload, and the problems with using good malware to catch the bad guys:
1. (continue reading...)
- It’s a sobering experience to read the Security and Defense Agenda’s (SDA) just-released report, Cybersecurity: The Vexed Question of Global Rules. The report, sponsored by McAfee, culls together interviews with 80 cyber-security experts in (continue reading...)