Symantec is warning business executives to be vigilant of social engineering tricks and noted the technical innovation in spam and malware over the last few months in its Symantec Intelligence Report. The result that really stood out for Symantec.Cloud A/NZ principal systems engineer, Adrian Covich, was the discovery of malicious…
Why U.S. Prosectors Won’t Be Filing Corruption Charges Against News Corp
What if the scandal involving bribery, phone-hacking and News Corp landed in an American courtroom? It would be a great story. But despite the best efforts of some media outlets to wish the story into … View full post on obama hacking government – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
Google Offers $1 Million in Hacker Bounties for Exploits Against Chrome
It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it just got a little bit more lucrative for a hacker. Google announced on Monday that it would pay $1 million in cash awards to anyone who can hack its Chrome browser during its Pwnium security challenge next week in…
ProtectMyID: 140,000 identity frauds are committed against children each year in the US. Have you checked your child’s credit? http://t.co/oVaoFfJ3
ProtectMyID: 140,000 identity frauds are committed against children each year in the US. Have you checked your child’s credit? http://t.co/oVaoFfJ3 View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Case dismissed against bus driver mistaken for criminal
The case against a 63-year-old Vancouver bus driver mistaken for a fugitive computer hacker at the U.S. border has been dismissed. View full post on computer virus prison – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Alleged Accomplice of Accused Cable-Modem Hacker Testifies Against Him
Ryan Harris and his defense attorney Charles Mcginty leave the federal courthouse in Boston after the second day of Harris’ trial. Photo: Quinn Norton The alleged accomplice of an accused cable-modem hacker testified in court on Wednesday that the suspect taught him how to pirate cable service using hacked firmware…
Bureau warns against costly scams
Here's a year-end list you may want to investigate. It's the Better Business Bureau's list of the Top Scams of 2011. View full post on cyber security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Is Apple’s iOS really safer than Android against malware?
A new study from Juniper finds that Android is the hardest hit by malicious apps but says iOS could be vulnerable as well. Android has gotten a lot of negative buzz for its susceptibility to malware. But a new study from Juniper Networks suggests that iOS could also be at…
How Malware Networks work and how to defend against them
<!– Sign up for our Newsletters | –> Sign up for our Newsletters | Email the Editor | Print In 2011, cybercriminals stepped up their game with the creation of malware networks (malnets)-distributed network infrastructures that exploit popular places on the Internet like search engines and social networking sites…
QR Code Malware is Serious, VPN4ALL Protects Against It
Through its mobile VPN service, VPN4ALL keeps users safe from phishing attacks and dangerous malware stemming from malicious QR codes (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 VPN4ALL, a VPN service that provides its subscribers with online and mobile security, privacy and anonymity, is responding to the growing and serious nature of QR…