April 3, 2012 - Mandiant is excited to sponsor this year’s AppSec DC conference, April 2-5, 2012. If you are attending the conference, make sure to stop by and see us in the exhibitor hall. In addition to sponsoring, both Ryan Kazanciyan, principal consultant (continue reading...) Read more
April 3, 2012 - Malware striking Mac computers is making the headlines again, this time exploiting a vulnerability in Java that has left Apple users dangerously exposed to attack. Read more
April 3, 2012 - UK-based Edward Pearson from York has been jailed for more than two years for stealing millions of personal identities. Read how he got caught before cashing in on his stolen goods. (continue reading...) Read more
April 3, 2012 - Pastebin gives its users "total freedom of speech", which means it's a prime spot for hackers to publicize their exploits and for stolen information to be posted. Makes it a bit difficult to run the site, says Pastebin's owner Jeroen (continue reading...) Read more
April 2, 2012 - In this week's episode, Paul Ducklin joins Chet to discuss online elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook's new take on privacy, and PII at just 3c a hit. As usual, Chet and Duck express strong opinions, with Duck even calling on those (continue reading...) Read more
April 2, 2012 - Would you believe your luck if someone handed you money in the street for doing.. well.. nothing? Probably not. So why would you believe an email that arrives out of the blue, claiming to have a check attached? (continue reading...) Read more
April 1, 2012 - Security professionals, analysts, journalists and people in the pub: there's a vocal minority in all those groups which likes to be heard to say, "Anti-virus isn't good enough for today's threats". But is it true? Paul Ducklin has his say. (continue reading...) Read more
March 30, 2012 - A backdoor Trojan horse, which would allow a remote hacker to access your Mac computer without your knowledge and potentially snoop on your files and activity, has been discovered hidden inside a boobytrapped Word document. (continue reading...) Read more
March 29, 2012 - Will you be in Brisbane, Queensland, on the evening of Tuesday 03 April 2012? If so, you're invited to a live demo of Search Engine Poisoning, plus a touch of Mac malware, at the April chapter meeting of OWASP. (continue reading...) Read more
March 29, 2012 - A new voluntary code of conduct for ISPs in the US creates new measures for addressing botnets. Does it go far enough? Read more
March 29, 2012 - Since the Blackhole exploit kit first reared its head in 2010, it's grown to become one of the most notorious exploit kits ever seen. SophosLabs' Fraser Howard takes a more detailed look into Blackhole and how it works. (continue reading...) Read more
March 28, 2012 - New Android malware seems to continue to roll off the criminal assembly lines, this time in China. Downloading an innocent game *can* get you into trouble. Read more
March 28, 2012 - Take a look at some recent attacks where OpenX ad servers are being hacked in order to hit redirect users users to exploit sites and infect them with malware. Read more
March 28, 2012 - The website, which described itself as "dedicated to providing information about computer viruses (virii) and web space for virus authors and groups", has been running for many years. Read more
March 27, 2012 - Even visiting security-oriented websites can sometimes be risky. If you’ve visited the security blog zerosecurity.org this month and you’re also a user of ESET’s security products, you might have encountered an anti-virus alert such as this one: (continue reading...) Read more
March 26, 2012 - In this week's episode John Shier joins Chet to discuss the review of electronic device usage on airplanes by the FAA, the arrests of the Carberp malware authors, the worm danger from the MS12-020 RDP vulberability and whether the time (continue reading...) Read more
March 26, 2012 - Microsoft, working with others in the financial services and computer security industry, has disrupted a number of botnets being used by the Zeus malware family, allegedly responsible for nearly half a billion dollars in damages. (continue reading...) Read more
March 23, 2012 - Back in 2010, The Wall Street Journal was already warning us about app developers’ lack of transparency with regard to their intentions. “An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 (continue reading...) Read more
March 23, 2012 - Inaccurate spelling means more than poor marks at school, it is a billion dollar business opportunity for typosquatters. At a single IP address, the AVAST Virus Lab has identified 8,600 typosquatting sites, registered variations of well-known sites or brands. Two (continue reading...) Read more
March 22, 2012 - Vancouver-based artist Bratsa Bonifacho says his latest collection of paintings has been inspired by computer malware. But were computer viruses ever really a work of art? The answer might surprise you.. Read more