Detectives and police staff from across Scotland will take part in a new advanced Digital Investigator course set up by cyber security experts at Edinburgh Napier University. With increased concerns about e-crime, the one-week course will cover internet skills including tracing instant messaging, phishing attacks and capturing and analysing web…
The Experts Speak: Understanding Romance Scams
Educate yourself on the risks and warning signs of a romance scam. Learn more at: http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/en/Pages/Scams_romance_scams.aspx. Read More…. View full post on Select From Our Menu
Experts say West Nile infections set for record this year in U.S.
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection The U.S. is on track to experience the worst year for West Nile virus infections in over a dozen years, with more intense and widespread infections occurring in southern states, said federal disease experts on Aug. 22. The only states not reporting cases of…
Facebook spreading cross-browser LilyJade worm, security experts warn
Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, is being used to malware writers to build a click-fraud worm called LilyJade that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab warned. View full post on Techworld.com … View full post on National Cyber Security
Mac Flashback Malware Still Going Strong, Security Experts Say
Security experts looking at the Flashback malware that had infected hundreds of thousands of Apple Macs worldwide are trying to come to an agreement over how many of these systems are still compromised by the exploit. Earlier this month, Internet security companies Kaskpersky Lab and Dr. Web, a smaller Russian…
Experts: Take computer forensics seriously
Businesses warned that "dusting for prints" after a security crisis is a must if threats are to be contained. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Tech experts rubbish government web snooping tactics
The UK government’s proposal to separate communications data from content, as part of new plans to allow intelligence services to monitor all internet activity, is infeasible according to a panel of technology experts. Speaking at the ‘Scrambling for Safety‘ conference at the London School of Economics yesterday, Ross Anderson, professor…
Flashback Malware Puts Apple in Security Spotlight: Experts Weigh In
It was a busy week for Apple malware hunters fighting the Flashback Trojan horse, which has infected between 270,000 and 600,000 Macs. A bevy of tools to find and remove the malware debuted this week. And two days after promising to release a detection and removal tool, Apple finally offered…
Mac users should fear viruses, more widespread attacks likely coming: experts
TORONTO – Mac users can no longer be blithely indifferent about the risks of viruses and cyber attacks, warn computer security experts. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Flashback the largest Mac malware threat yet, experts say
(Credit: Intego) Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’ve probably heard about Flashback, a piece of malware targeting users of Apple’s Mac OS X that’s now estimated to be quietly running on more than 600,000 machines around the world. That number, which came from Russian…