NSS Labs has published the second of its two analyses on the security capabilities of the four leading browsers. The first report was on the ability of browsers to block malware; this second is on browsers ability to filter malicious URLs.
Crystal ball time: Top 2013 risks include cyber war, cloud and BYOD
As the year draws inexorably to a close, it’s only fair and natural that we, as an industry, peer into the future to see what could await us in the New Year. The latest to tackle such prognostication is the Information Security Forum (ISF), which has I…
91% of APT attacks start with a spear-phishing email…
…and 94% of the emails carry a malicious attachment – usually in ZIP, XLS or RTF format. These are the findings of new research published today.
Critical infrastructure at risk from SCADA vulnerabilities
SCADA software, used for industrial control mechanisms in utilities, airports, nuclear facilities, manufacturing plants and the like, is increasingly a target for hackers looking to exploit what appear to be growing numbers of vulnerabilities – giving …
Critical infrastructure at risk from SCADA vulnerabilities
SCADA software, used for industrial control mechanisms in utilities, airports, nuclear facilities, manufacturing plants and the like, is increasingly a target for hackers looking to exploit what appear to be growing numbers of vulnerabilities – giving …
Yahoo! mail exploit on sale for $700
A new zero-day vulnerability in Yahoo! Mail has given rise to a $700 exploit for sale in the hacking underground.
Europol and ICE seize 132 domain names on Cyber Monday
The US Operation In Our Sights temporarily morphed into Project Cyber Monday 3 – with a European Project Transatlantic offshoot – and netted a combined haul of 132 seized counterfeiting website domains.
High-end Citadel financial malware overtakes Zeus as king
Citadel, which researchers say is essentially the Lamborghini of the financial information-stealing malware scene, is well on its way to overtaking Zeus and SpyEye as the go-to banking trojan after only being discovered earlier this month.
Go Daddy DNS hack spreads ransomware
Go Daddy, the world’s largest internet domain host and registrar, may soon be known for more than those racy Super Bowl ads featuring Danica Patrick: ransomware is being spread across its footprint.
OFCOM suggests ISPs must decide who is a subscriber in relation to 3-strikes
Just as the US voluntary six-strike infringement code is about to begin, the UK’s statutory three-strike regime inches closer with an OFCOM study into piracy and guidance on what constitutes a subscriber.