Apple has issued two security fixes for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that targets holes exploited by the Flashback malware.
16 May 2012
US security firm McAfee recently uncovered several ready-to-use toolkits that enable hackers to redirect unsuspecting Pinterest users to malicious websites with only a couple lines of code.
16 May 2012
The online travel industry is the most vulnerable to email attack, according to a newly launched email trust index by email security firm Agari.
16 May 2012
Utah Governor Gary Herbert has fired the director of the state’s Department of Technology Services (DTS) over a breach that exposed healthcare records of 780,000 Utah Medicaid recipients.
16 May 2012
For all intents and purposes, the bill is dead; it appears that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ plans to ease police tracking of those who use the web for criminal purposes has been shelved.
16 May 2012
This year’s Hack-in-the-Box Netherlands security conference takes place next week at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam, and will be the first ever week-long HITB event. A new iOS jailbreak is expected.
16 May 2012
A new study by BAE Systems Detica shows that British business is pessimistic about security in general, but strangely confident about its own.
16 May 2012
Three-quarters of IT professionals surveyed cited the impact on customer experience and brand as their greatest fears about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, according to a survey sponsored by internet analysis firm Neustar.
15 May 2012
Losses from internet crime reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) totaled $485.3 million in 2011 and the number of complaints increased 3.4% last year compared to 2010.
15 May 2012
Adobe has decided to provide free security updates for the CS5 versions of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash Professional after receiving flak for only offering the fixes through paid upgrades to CS6.
15 May 2012