A US energy industry standards body has warned suppliers to improve their defences against cyber attacks.
Anonymous hacker group publishes data stolen from US police departments
Hacktivist group Anonymous and its offshoot LulzSec have published information stolen from rural US police departments in revenge for recent law enforcement actions.
California adopts nation’s first privacy and security rules for smart grid customer data
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted the first privacy and security protections for customer data on smart grid electricity networks in the US.
Trusteer claims to have wiped banking malware from 1.6 million users’ PCs.
In-browser security specialist Trusteer is reporting that, a year after adding malware removal to its Rapport software, it has successfully removed banking trojans and similar malware from around 1.6 million users’ PCs.
Black Hat 2011: Google Android as vulnerable to drive-by downloads as PCs claims Dasient Research
Dasient Research claims that mobile apps running on the Android platform are as vulnerable to drive-by download security attacks as the software loaded onto desktop PCs.
Black Hat 2011: Busting a security myth – Macs more vulnerable to network attacks
With organizations off all stripes seeking to defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs), a team of researchers from iSEC Partners put the Mac OS X operating system head-to-head with Windows to see how each performs in the realm of enterprise se…
New Android botnet Identified
The world of security threats is changing, as the smartphone is now entering the frame as a vehicle for security attacks. That’s the underlying message from the latest Fortinet threat landscape report, which claims that a new Android botnet has been se…
NIST seeks help in testing iPad, iPhone security for government use
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a pilot program to test the security of the Apple iPad and iPhone for government use.
Webroot offers free mobile banking security to Android users
Webroot has extended its mobile security applications to its partners in banking in order to protect their customers who use tablets and smartphones to conduct mobile banking.
Fake AV software is fading in profit and frequency says researcher
A leading security researcher claims that the volume – and profitability – of fake anti-virus software is now on the wane. But, he adds, there is still a lot of activity in the market, so users cannot breathe that easily just yet.