Apple has released an update to Java for OS X patching a recently exploited vulnerability targeting Mac users. Update now to protect yourself or better yet, remove Java. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Twitter Being Used by Malware Developers: Symantec
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
Big crime meets big data – Data and social media are being used against us in creative new ways.
Marc Goodman, consultant and cyber crime expert, explains how criminals and terrorists can put data, automation, and scalability to effective use. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Big crime meets big data – Data and social media are being used against us in creative new ways.
Marc Goodman, consultant and cyber crime expert, explains how criminals and terrorists can put data, automation, and scalability to effective use. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Big crime meets big data – Data and social media are being used against us in creative new ways.
Marc Goodman, consultant and cyber crime expert, explains how criminals and terrorists can put data, automation, and scalability to effective use. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Malicious malware link is being served up through Facebook chat
Having been around this computer thing, and the online world, for a long time I am never surprised when I hear of some new vector being exploited by malware and the people that create them. So hearing that Facebook has become the newest platform of these jerk-offs doesn’t come as…
New checklist being tested to help cops respond to people with mental illness
Author: The Force Science Research Center Two law enforcement agencies have begun field testing a new screening form that may eventually lead to a better means for identifying people with severe mental illness who may be a danger to themselves or others. The brief form, a checklist consisting of some…
Social Media Users Being Warned Of New Online Scams
It is the time of year for holiday cheer and holiday scams. This year, social media sites are the prime target for the “bad guys.” CBS4′s Jorge Estevez shows you some of the tricks hackers use and how to guard against being duped. View full post on social media scam…
As Cybercrime Increases, Being Anonymous Getting Harder
Companies need to do more to protect their own, and their customers data as hackers make being anonymous harder than ever. View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
USB sticks still being used insecurely, Ponemon study finds
USB sticks remain a big security weakness for many UK organisations with many employees using drives for data transport without permission and not bothering to report their loss, a Ponemon Institute study has found. The study polled 451 IT staff in the UK from a global total of 2,942 on…