The holidays are a time for parties, presents, decorations, shopping, and – phishing! Here are some tips to avoid phishing scams.
Hacker cracks RIM’s PlayBook security fix on Day One
A hacker who developed the Dingleberry tool to jailbreak the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has issued a new version of the tool to circumvent a patch Research in Motion (RIM) issued this week to prevent it from working.
Proactive Detection of Network Security Incidents: a new report from ENISA
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released a new report designed to help improve the proactive detection of security incidents. It is the result of questioning a wide range of leading CERTs combined with ENISA’s own exper…
Free mobile apps are not ‘free’ of malware, warns IEEE experts
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) experts have uncovered malware in more than 2,000 free smartphone applications. Free rogue applications are expected to be the most common access point for mobile hackers over the next year.
All in the Family: Android sees 90% jump in malware families this year
There has been a 90% increase in Android malware families in 2011 compared to 2010, while malicious iOS families only increased by 25%, according to FortiGuard Labs.
California county cops to publishing names of deadbeat patients
California’s Contra Costa County has informed around 4,700 residents that confidential information about debts they owed to the Health Services Department was posted online.
The Information Commissioner fines Powys County Council £130,000
This is the highest penalty ever imposed by the Information Commissioner. It follows a series of data protection breaches by Powys; the latest being the release of confidential child protection information to the wrong person.
The Americanization of the Internet: Why Kaspersky has resigned from the BSA
Kaspersky has resigned from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). First reports indicated that it was because of the BSA’s almost automatic support for the US Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Now Eugene Kaspersky has personally explained the reasons: ‘…
Adobe patches critical zero-day flaw in Reader and Acrobat
Adobe is patching a critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that could enable an attacker to take control of an affected machine.
Christmas: a time of cheer, fraud and over-reaction
Christmas is the annual festive period when shoppers make merry and fraudsters make money. We need to take care; but perhaps our guardians shouldn’t be over-zealous.