How easy is it to steal an identity on Facebook, the popular social networking portal? Very, as Sophos Asia-Pacific discovered recently when it carried out the Facebook equivalent of a honeypot hacker trap.
Webinar: Data leak prevention, security and log management webinar scheduled
The issue of data leaks have been in the news constantly these last 12 months, with a litany of companies hit by publicly embarrassing leaks, losses and thefts.
Adobe to patch mystery flaw tomorrow
Adobe has announced that it will be issuing a critical update for its Flash and Air products tomorrow – but isn’t telling us what the vulnerabilities are.
Apple iPhone worms highlight flaw in whitelisting
The recent well-publicised worms affecting the Apple iPhone – Ikee and Ikee-B – have raised a stir in the mobile phone security arena, but, says ESET, the IT security vendor, many observers have failed to realise the real problem with mobile phone secu…
Gridsure wins prestigious business award for innovation
Gridsure, the security specialist that has developed a highly secure pictorial authentication alternative to PIN / passwords, has received a major award in France.
Email Zeus trojan scams on the rise
Online criminals are stepping up their campaign to infectInternet users with the Zeus trojan, according to new research published by Atlanta-based managed security firm SecureWorks. Email campaigns in particular are on the rise, the company has said.
Cameroon is worst neighborhood on web for cybersecurity
The Cameroon ‘.CM’ domain tops the list of the riskiest top-level domains in terms of cybersecurity, according to a report from McAfee.
Are you up to the challenge? CARE challenges IT industry to climb peaks
CARE International is challenging the IT industry to its 3 Peaks Challenge raising money to help fight poverty.
Feds tighten up cybersecurity hiring policies
The federal government is tightening up hiring policies for cybersecurity professionals by launching cybersecurity competency models for its employees.
Windows autorun trojan tops November malware chart
The latest monthly malware chart from BitDefender claims to show that the largest risk to computer users is currently Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen, a generic family of trojan malware abusing the autorun feature in Windows.