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Microsoft Stops Predicting AV Samples to Focus on Ecosystem

The Microsoft Malware Protection center is shifting its research focus away from predicting test samples and instead focussing on prevalence-weighted response and family research.
22 May 2013

DDoS and the challenge of civil disobedience on the internet

Starting with the Anonymous Operation Payback in 2010, in retaliation for what many consider the illegal financial blockade of WikiLeaks, DDoS as a weapon of dissent has increasingly become a part of life on the internet.
22 May 2013

Education Institutions at Forefront of BYOD

BYOD as a security issue has largely focused on the business arena – the dangers inherent in allowing personal smartphones and tablets to connect to the corporate network. But mobile devices have been adopted as a way of life with youngsters, and in some ways education has led the BYOD phenomenon.
22 May 2013

Blue Coat Systems to acquire Solera Networks

Blue Coat operates largely outside of the perimeter; Solera Networks operates within the perimeter. Put the two together and you have the complete security solution – that is the the theory behind Blue Coat’s latest acquisition.
22 May 2013

WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to lesser charge for Manning – on one of 22 counts WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to lesser charge for Manning – on one of 22 counts

Prosecutors have reduced the charges in the case against the Army GI who released more than 700,000 classified government documents to the WikiLeaks site.
21 May 2013

Most small businesses don't understand mobile security threats Most small businesses don't understand mobile security threats

New research into eight critical security threats on mobile devices found the majority of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are either unaware of or defenseless against the threats posed to their networks by mobile devices and BYOD.
21 May 2013

Citadel malware targeting Payza platform for emerging markets Citadel malware targeting Payza platform for emerging markets

A variant of the formidable banking trojan Citadel has been targeting Payza – a payment platform popular in developing countries that have limited access to online financial services.
21 May 2013

Four arrested anons hijacked Anonymous franchise

Last week the Italian postal police arrested four 'members' of the Anonymous movement in an operation dubbed 'Tango Down'. On Monday Anonymous responded with its own tango down on the official Court of Rome website.
21 May 2013

The HangOver Campaign - more on Indian hackers targeting Pakistan

A few days ago details of a long-standing and wide-ranging attack primarily against Pakistan and apparently emanating from India were released. Now it appears it was just the tip of an iceberg.
21 May 2013

Queen's Speech and user identification through IP addresses

The reason for Her Majesty's government to bring forward proposals viz-a-viz "the problem of matching Internet Protocol addresses" (Queen's Speech 2013) may have as much to do with BT's current plans as with the stalled Communications Data Bill.
21 May 2013

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