January 30, 2012 By Geoff Duncan Symantec says it’s identified new Android malware in as many as 5 million downloaded apps, but other mobile security outfits say it’s just an ad network. Security firm Symantec raised eyebrows last week with a security notice about software it has dubbed Android.Counterclank, malware…
Hackers hit Stratfor again, just for laughs
The hackers behind the year-end attack on the security consulting firm Stratfor have struck again, although this time it appears they are just out for a few laughs. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
ProtectMyID: Trying to get a head start on holiday returns? Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean #identitythieves aren’t at the mall today.
ProtectMyID: Trying to get a head start on holiday returns? Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean #identitythieves aren’t at the mall today. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Windows 8 picture security just a toy, claims RSA SecurID inventor
The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it’s not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA’s SecurID token. “I think it’s cute,” says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a three-factor authentication…
Windows 8 picture security just a toy, claims RSA SecurID inventor
The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it’s not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA’s SecurID token. “I think it’s cute,” says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a three-factor authentication…
Microsoft to patch 20 vulnerabilities just in time for X’mas
Microsoft will issue 14 security bulletins next week to patch 20 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, and Windows Media Player. Among the patches will likely be ones to plug the hole used by the Duqu intelligence-gathering Trojan, and to fix the SSL (secure socket layer) 3.0 and TLS…
ProtectMyID: This isn’t just the busiest shopping season—it’s also when @ITRCSD gets the most calls about lost and stolen wallets. Keep track of yours.
ProtectMyID: This isn’t just the busiest shopping season—it’s also when @ITRCSD gets the most calls about lost and stolen wallets. Keep track of yours. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker releases new batch of climatology e-mails just before climate conference
The release of a series of e-mails apparently stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit was timed so that they would hit the news immediately before the Copenhagen climate conference. They didn’t seem to affect the conference itself (where deals appear to have collapsed under their own…
Are TASERs ‘overused’ or just plain used?
Event Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:30:15 GMTAuthor: Lt. Dan MarcouDepartments could require that every update of TASER training also includes an update of empty hand techniques — including transition exercises back and forth between each. View full post on Police Training View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory…
Election cyber wars: Tweets just keep on coming
Strathmore Park blogger Ian Apperley had predicted social media would be embraced by the politicians this election.And sadly, he wrote this week, this had come to pass. “Tau Henare still seems to be the king of twits, John Key has… View full post on cyber wars – Yahoo! News Search…