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MySpace phishing and malware combo
F-Secure warns about phishing emails that urge users to update their MySpace accounts. If you fall for the trick and follow the link, you are taken to a fake MySpace page, where you are asked to enter...
Aggressive malware attack disguised as Flash player upgrade
Red Condor issued a warning about the latest spam campaign that contains a phishing ploy and a malware threat.
The email requests that recipients click on a link in the body of the email to update ...
Mobile data security doubts
A survey of 104 enterprise mobility professionals showed that more than two thirds of European organizations surveyed are not fully aware what sensitive data is stored within employees' mobile devices...
Online financial security threats: What can we expect in 2010?
Ori Eisen, Chief Innovation Officer at 41st Parameter, highlights the top five financial security threats which emerged as the biggest money makers for fraudsters and where he believes they will make ...
Event: Houston SecureWorld Expo 2010
SecureWorld Expo provides security education and training with nearly 60 sessions including: Cloud Computing, End Point Security, Data Privacy, Risk Management, PCI Compliance, Cybercrime and much mor...
Trend Micro blocks phishing attempt from "Trend Micro"
It must have been a special pleasure for Trend Micro to block access to the phishing URL and domain that used their name and reputation to scam people.
Their analysts came across email spam with M...
FBI's network against cyber crime
Last week, when the Senate's Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing entitled Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace, the NSA wasn't ...
iPhone worm turns devices into zombies
It took three weeks for someone to again take advantage of the vulnerability that leaves the owners of jailbroken iPhones exposed to attacks, and this time the attack is executed with decidedly malici...
Latest 0-day Internet Explorer exploit
A new exploit made public by an unknown individual on the BugTraq mailing list on Friday could be soon used for attacking unsuspecting surfers that use Internet Explorer 6 and 7. The two versions of t...
New risk management ISO standard
The new ISO standard for effective management of risk ISO 31000 provides principles, framework and a process for managing any form of risk in a transparent, systematic and credible manner within any s...
Workers stealing data for competitive edge
The recession is creating camaraderie amongst workforces, at the expense of their employers, is the finding of a transatlantic survey. Carried out amongst 600 office workers in Canary Wharf London and...
Week in review: Zbot Trojan arrests, 0-day Firefox vulnerabilities and new (IN)SECURE Mag
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, interviews and articles:
Most security products fail to perform
Nearly 80 percent of security products fail to perform as intende...
Zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox extensions discovered
One of the reasons behind Firefox's popularity is the availability of a vast library of extensions. Users use them to modify the browser to their liking and make their browsing experience easier and m...
Three charged with Comcast.net hijacking
Three men were charged on Thursday for last year's redirecting of traffic of Comcast's website to a site where a shout-out to fellow hackers was featured:
Christopher Allen Lewis (aka EBK), 19, a...
Cloud computing security benefits, risks and recommendations
How can businesses and governments get the obvious benefits of cloud computing without putting their organization at risk? ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) released a new r...
Poisoned Google search results
Google has been and is very helpful - no doubt about it. But it seems to me that they should try to do something about the poisoned search results problem, otherwise people will start to loose faith i...
Worlds first wireless USB external hard drive
Imation announced its Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive that provides 1.5TB of storage.
With a fast Wireless USB data transfer rate of up to 15MBs/second, the product can back up a typical CD in und...
A look at Securitybyte & OWASP AppSec Asia Conference 2009
India's largest security conference - Securitybyte & OWASP AppSec Asia Conference 2009 - closed its doors after a very successful four days. Help Net Security was attending and here's a look at the ev...
Biggest threats to federal systems and critical infrastructure
E-Government initiatives aimed at modernizing federal information systems are fraught with risk, according to a new study sponsored by CA and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, Cyber Security Mega Tr...
Are 64-bit Windows inherently safer?
Microsoft has discovered a way to create the illusion that Windows 7 is more secure than its predecessors simply because it has a 64-bit version of the OS.
As Joe Faulhaber of the Microsoft Malware...