October 25, 2011 - Senior Threat Researcher Paul Baccas reviews the book "Hacking Ninja: Unconventional penetration testing tactics and techniques". Read more
October 24, 2011 - Technology is helping anti-virus researchers detect malicious Microsoft Office files, by examining if they fail to confirm to the OLE2 file format specification. Read more
October 24, 2011 - The hacktivist collective Anonymous has declared war on internet paedophiles, attacking websites it accuses of carrying child abuse images and videos, and declaring that anyone who hosts, promotes or supports child pornography is a target. (continue reading...) Read more
October 24, 2011 - One of the websites belonging to global electronics giant LG has been hacked by a collective calling itself the Intra Web Security Exploit Team. Watch a video of what the attackers did. And learn how to avoid ending up in this (continue reading...) Read more
October 23, 2011 - An AntiSec hacker tells police in a phone call that boredom drove him to hack their website. Listen for yourself to the call. Read more
October 21, 2011 - A week after the release of iOS 5 several flaws and vulnerabilities that could affect your data security have been found. Unauthorized calls, Smart Cover unlocks and media access are all possible with system defaults. (continue reading...) Read more
October 21, 2011 - Sophos and the NCSA are holding an event in Washington DC October 27th, 2011 to help spread the word about National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Join us for a cocktail reception and panel featuring Michael Kaiser, Rob Strayer and Chester (continue reading...) Read more
October 19, 2011 - In my last post we discussed the most dangerous kind of vulnerabilities that we classify at McAfee Labs: remote code execution and denial of service. Today, we’ll talk about vulnerabilities that are not so dangerous, those we classify as (continue reading...) Read more
October 19, 2011 - When security researcher Patrick Webster recently alerted his investment fund company of a glaring security lapse, he was thanked with a legal threat and notice that he just might be billed for the security fix. (continue reading...) Read more
October 18, 2011 - Reports have emerged suggesting a new piece of malware derived from Stuxnet has been reused to perform information gathering. Find out what we know and the links to the infamous Stuxnet worm. (continue reading...) Read more
October 18, 2011 - Britain is prepared to use the internet to strike computer attackers and enemy nations who launch cyberwarfare attacks on the UK's infrastructure and businesses. Foreign Secretary William Hague takes his gloves off, and talks cyberwarfare with the tabloid press. (continue reading...) Read more
October 18, 2011 - Cody Kretsinger, 23, suspected of being a member of the LulzSec hacking gang, has pleaded not guilty to a high profile attack on the Sony Pictures website. Read more
October 17, 2011 - The New York Times reported today that US military officials considered using cyber weapons to aid in the attacks on Libya earlier this year. Officials allegedly reconsidered concerned about setting a dangerous precedent. (continue reading...) Read more
October 15, 2011 - John Shier joined Chet this week as they discussed the death of UNIX and C co-creator Dennis Ritchie, the Virus Bulletin 2011 conference, Apple's release of iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and the German R2D2 Trojan. (continue reading...) Read more
October 12, 2011 - A comprehensive look at the security updates in iOS 5 and OS X Lion 10.7.2. In addition to new features for iOS users, many critical fixes are present. Read more
October 11, 2011 - Apple released iTunes 10.5 today to fix 79 vulnerabilities for Windows users and introduce support for iCloud, wireless syncing and iOS 5 compatibility. Read more
October 11, 2011 - Microsoft's Patch Tuesday bulletin for October 2011 covers 23 vulnerabilities in 8 patches. Affected software includes all supported versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, Silverlight and more. Read more
October 11, 2011 - RSA has revealed that it believes two groups, working on behalf of a single nation state, hacked into its servers and stole information related to the company's SecurID two-factor authentication products. But for some reason it's declining to say which country.. (continue reading...) Read more
October 11, 2011 - The London 2012 Olympic Games will open in nine months time, and - away from the glories anticipated on the track and field - consideration is being made about how to defend the world's leading sporting event from cyber-attack. (continue reading...) Read more
October 8, 2011 - Enjoy the latest security news in brief by watching 60 Second Security! This episode: learning from the 10-year-old Nimda virus, finding a password hole in Lion, taking down support scammers and the dot CZ dot CC domain, and farewelling Steve Jobs. (continue reading...) Read more