Signify has enabled its software token two-factor authentication (2FA) service as an Android app, making the company one of the first to extend 2FA to the Google smartphone platform. The Android app joins similar apps available for the BlackBerry, iPho…
Symantec researcher warns on Apple MobileMe/iDisk phish
A Symantec researcher is reporting a large phish taking place surrounding Apple’s new iDisk cloud service, with recipients being routed to a rogue MobileMe/iDisk login page – located on a free web hosting service – in a bid to extract their login crede…
Avast claims 60% of Adobe Reader users are running vulnerable versions of their software
Research carried out by Avast has revealed that 60% of users of Adobe Reader are using an outdated and vulnerable version of the popular Adobe application.
Cloud-based secure browsing service for Firefox goes free
The development team behind the Cocoon service – a cloud-based extension to Mozilla Firefox that stores all cookies and internet session attributes securely in the cloud – have announced the service is now free of charge.
NASA hacker refuses to pay compensation to US government
A former Romanian hacker, after graduating in law in his home country, is reported to have refused to pay $240,000 compensation to the US government for hacking the servers of NASA, the US Navy and the Department of Energy back in 2005/2006.
Texas Comptroller hires chief privacy officer after massive data breach
Fulfilling a pledge she made in May, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has hired a chief privacy officer to oversee data security in her office following a data breach in April in which personal information on 3.5 million citizens was exposed.
Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton comes clean on hack
After hiding behind a “no comment” regarding Anonymous’s claim that it stole 90,000 military email addresses and password hashes from the defense contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton has admitted that it did in fact suffer a data breach.
GCHQ has lost up to £1m worth of equipment, ISC report reveals
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which is responsible for key aspects of the UK’s cybersecurity, has lost equipment worth up to £1m, the latest Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report reveals.
Azerbaijan at centre of pharma and fake AV card processing says researcher
In his continuing research into which banks are processing card transactions for spamming rogue pharma websites – which supply drugs without the need for prescriptions – Brian Krebs says that a number of banks in Azerbaijan are now central to this type…
Most enterprises disappointed in virtualisation cost savings
Research just released by Computer Associates (CA) claims to show that 60% of IT decision makers from medium and large-sized enterprises were disappointed by the cost savings resulting from their migration to virtualisation.