Despite growing up in the computer age, Gen Y is less savvy about computer security than the Baby Boom generation, according to a survey by Check Point.
US, Canada agree to crossborder privacy principles
The US and Canada released a 12-point statement on privacy principles on Thursday, which provides common rules for crossborder sharing of personal information.
‘Graduated response’ returns to Ireland
An agreement between four music companies and Eircom (Ireland’s principle telecommunications provider) for a graduated response potentially leading to the disconnection of copyright infringing subscribers, is to be reinstated.
US professor demonstrates the ease with which civilian drones could be hijacked
In a test conducted above an Austin stadium, a civilian drone was first hijacked and then brought down using equipment that costs little more than an iPad.
Researcher finds security flaw in KeePass password manager
An independent researcher said he has found a security hole in the KeePass password manager that could enable a hacker to gain remote access to unencrypted user passwords.
McAfee Names Most Dangerous Football Team in Europe
Euro 2012, unsurprisingly, has attracted scammers and spammers. Using its SiteAdvisor system, McAfee has produced its most dangerous football team: the footballers’ names that a search engine is most likely to lead you to a malicious or compromised web…
99% of attacks could be stopped by patching
“Malware authors love to use holes in 3rd party software”, comments Intego’s Lisa Myers. From their perspective, “the best thing about 3rd party software vulnerabilities is that people are very slow to patch them.”
Operation High Roller targets Mr. Moneybags using the cloud
A new report from McAfee and Guardian Analytics describes a new breed of sophisticated fraud attacks, called Operation High Roller, that target high-value bank accounts and transactions using cloud-based servers with multifaceted automation.
Researchers say they have cracked security tokens
A group of researchers are claiming that they have successfully exploited cryptographic flaws in security tokens that enable attackers to extract keys from them
Google Chrome turns 20
Aah, it’s seems only yesterday that Chrome was a tiny little browser cradled in Google’s arms. Well, Chrome has just released version 20 and is ready to take on the world, but not before a few security holes are fixed.