For the JM Smucker jam and jelly company, life isn’t so sweet at the moment: attackers have managed to get into the company’s online ordering system, lifting personal information on customers. In the aftermath, the company has shuttered its online stor…
Patch Tuesday Preview: March 2014
This month’s Patch Tuesday is light, containing just five bulletins. Two are marked critical and three are marked important. One of the critical bulletins addresses Internet Explorer, and is believed to include a fix for the zero-day vulnerability high…
Worms and Wildly Insecure Software: The Untold Story of Microsoft Cybersecurity in the Early 2000s
It was post-dot-com bubble and post-Worldcom implosion, and the so-called “telecom winter” was dragging on. In the early 2000s, the communications industry had, in a word, been economically decapitated, and companies were struggling to find a new path …
Malvertising Overtakes Porn as Top Mobile Malware Threat
As the adoption of mobile devices continues to grow rapidly and businesses increasingly provide on-the-go access to corporate assets, the mobile malware landscape is evolving to take advantage of mainstream user behavior. In a sign of the times, web ad…
Survey Proves Effectiveness of Anti-virus
One of the leading anti-virus test labs, AV Comparatives, has published its fourth annual survey of users.Five thousand eight hundred and forty five users from all around the world responded to the survey, giving a snapshot of browsers, operating syste…
Malwarebytes Moves to Block Android PUPs
Anti-virus firm Malwarebytes has announced that it will now defend Android users against pups, or ‘potentially unwanted programs.’ “The research team at Malwarebytes has noticed an increasing number of Android PUPs and, as from today, the new version o…
American Career Aspirations Do Not Include Cybersecurity
The worldwide cybersecurity skills shortage is well-documented; and many countries have developed programs to fill the gap. These programs usually try to instill interest in schools, or tempt IT professionals into a career in security.
Sold-out Tickets to the World Cup, Beyoncé and More! For a Malware Price
There are a number of big artists touring this year, such as Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake and One Direction, and it’s also drawing closer and closer to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Given the marquee nature of the events, people need to be careful w…
Cross-platform JRAT Targets UK and UAE Individuals
A new spam campaign delivering a Java remote access trojan (RAT) known as JRAT has been uncovered, with the emails claiming to have attached a payment certificate to the message. The campaign has predominantly affected the UAE and the UK to date and ap…
Peeling the Onion – Tor’s Criminal Content Revealed
Tor was developed to provide internet anonymity to those who need it. But with the Snowden surveillance revelations came an increased interest in and demand for such anonymity – and not surprisingly that includes the criminal element. Malware C&C serve…