Mobile malware is cresting as it never has in the past, with new bugs being developed at breakneck speed. One of these, a new version of the Pincer trojan for Android that can intercept inbound text messages and forward them on, can compromise two-factor authentication protections.
24 May 2013
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing a possible data breach thanks to the software it has been relying on to help process background checks for potential employees.
24 May 2013
The FBI has arrested a New York City police detective for stealing the login details of at least 30 people (including 21 NYPD employees, 19 of them officers), across 43 email accounts and one cell phone. He did it by hiring a contract hit man, of sorts.
23 May 2013
The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales produced by the Office for National Statistics shows that theft of mobile devices is still rising: 2% of all phone owners have had a mobile phone stolen within the last twelve months.
23 May 2013
With many organizations rushing to formulate their own advanced persistent threat (APT) prevention plans, recent data show that a lack of attention to systematically managing cryptographic keys and certificates is still leaving the attack door wide open.
23 May 2013
In a tweet yesterday and accompanying blog, Twitter announced that it has joined other large cloud companies in offering two-factor authentication.
23 May 2013
Global financial information company and credit score keeper Experian has implemented new security controls to drive cyber-risk out of its social media activities, in an effort to safeguard consumer information.
22 May 2013
Password strength meters that offer web surfers a visual gauge of how weak or strong a chosen lock may be are increasingly present on websites – but how effective are they at getting folks to choose stronger options? When it comes to locking down sensitive data, meters had an impact, suggesting that they act as important reminders for users about what’s at stake.
20 May 2013
The Syrian Electronic Army is continuing its campaign to highjack the Twitter accounts of high-profile media outlets, with the Financial Times becoming its latest victim.
17 May 2013
Barracuda Networks, eyeing Google’s move to unify storage across its products, has increased the amount of free cloud storage for its own Copy online file syncing users, from 5GB to 15GB.
16 May 2013