Visitors to two websites operated by the BBC were injected by malicious code earlier this week, opening up users to attacks by hackers, claims Websense.
Lumension releases beta version of its Application Scanner v2.0
Lumension has released a beta version of its free Application Scanner v2.0 that scans executable files and identifies all applications within the endpoint environment, along with its Endpoint Intelligence Center (EIC) that consolidates malware, vulnera…
RSA: Fake AV Companies Making More Money than Security Vendors
Having spoken on the ‘Public, meet private: Lessons learned in chasing cyber crooks’ panel at the RSA 2011 conference in San Francisco, Pedro Bustamante, senior research analyst at Panda Security, tells Infosecurity’s Eleanor Dallaway why geography is …
Education programs are hardly a security ‘silver bullet’
User education is often touted as a cornerstone of any effective IT security program. But as Jack Daniel, community development manager with internet security firm Astaro contends, not every organization will reap benefits from educating its end-users.
RSA 2011: Terrorist groups pose most dangerous cyber threat
While nation-states actively attempt to exploit the networks of the US government, critical infrastructure, and commercial networks, US Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn told the RSA Conference audience that terrorist groups are inevitably more …
Real-world ATM skimming techniques revealed
Security researcher Brian Krebs has had a long-standing interest in the increasing problem of ATM skimmers – fraudsters who install hidden gadgets on cash machines with the intention of ripping off bank card customers. And he has posted an in-depth ana…
Panda Security launches ‘Internet in Safe Hands’ campaign
Panda Security has launched a senior citizens’ safer internet campaign, with the aim of educating people over 60 on how to make their internet activities more safe.
Panda Security launches ‘Internet in Safe Hands’ campaign
Panda Security has launched a senior citizens’ safer internet campaign, with the aim of educating people over 60 on how to make their internet activities more safe.
New York City hospital system admits to massive data breach
The New York City Health and Hospital Corp. (HHC) said that personal information of nearly 1.7 million hospital patients, staff, vendors, and contractors was stolen from a GRM Management Information Services van.
RSA Security: Commtouch intros unified security engine
It’s day two of the RSA Conference in San Francisco and Commtouch has taken the wraps off what it claims is the industry’s first unified engine that combines three internet security technologies.