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
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
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
The group of Chinese cyber-espionage hackers reportedly operating as an arm of the People’s Liberation Army is allegedly back at it, attacking a range of US enterprise and government targets to steal everything from technology blueprints to business plans to manufacturing information.
20 May 2013
In a move to comply with President Obama’s Executive Order on cybersecurity, the US General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a request for information (RFI) calling for input on ways to make the federal government's cybersecurity more resilient.
20 May 2013
Most corporate security incidents are uncovered by a third party, like a security firm, that picks up on evidence of nefarious activity being carried out by infected machines. However, many of the victim organizations don’t have processes in place to react quickly when they’re notified of an incident. And some are simply not discharging their corporate duty, argues one security firm.
20 May 2013
A leading anti-malware company has uncovered a wide-ranging malware campaign that appears to originate in India and seems primarily to target Pakistan with data-stealing malware.
17 May 2013
Proving that not all demonstrations are staged, a previously unknown Mac backdoor was discovered during a live presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this week.
17 May 2013
Critical infrastructure threats are up significantly according to US officials – a worrying state of affairs that spans a wide range of threat vectors and potential participants.
16 May 2013
Stuxnet is often cited as history’s first true cyber weapon. By common consensus it was developed and used by the US and Israel to successfully disrupt Iran’s nuclear program – but a new report questions its success.
16 May 2013