MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

An annual report from security software provider Intego acknowledges it was a busy year for security threats to Apple devices, including the Mac OS X and iPhones. And while the Mac OS may be a less frequent target of malware authors, security threats t…

Many voice encryption products currently available are hackable through the use of a trojan being planted on the host PC, an IT security researcher has claimed.

Technology pundit site TechCrunch was victim of a hack over the weekend by attackers who defaced it, just days before Apple’s release of its tablet device – arguably the most anticipated product in recent history.

Recent reports indicate that IT spending is set to increase in 2010. This comes on the heels of 2009, which saw negative IT spending growth worldwide and may have been the worst year on record for IT spending.

Kaspersky Lab has posted an advisory on its site about a false positive with its anti-virus software, apparently being tripped by Google’s Adsense software.

Next week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is kicking off a month-long campaign to increase awareness of online and offline fraud amongst businesses and consumers.

Kaspersky provoked a flurry of complaints from irate users after its anti-malware tool began blocking sites with Google advertisements yesterday.

Cloud Engines has developed a device that turns up to four USB-connected external hard drives into a cloud-accessible data storage resource, allowing anyone with the right credentials to access the data on the drive.

Anti-virus company ESET has discovered what it thinks is a prank gone wrong. The company suspects that Win32/Zimuse, which has swept the US, was originally intended as a localized malware attack against a group of Slovakian bikers.

Hydraq, the trojan delivered by the Operation Aurora attackers, uses VNC techniques to stream live video from victims’ machines, said Symantec in an analysis of the malware.