The 2012 Identity Fraud Report: Social Media and Mobile Forming the New Fraud Frontier, released today by Javelin Strategy & Research , reports that in 2011 identity fraud increased by 13 percent. View full post on credit report fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber…
Android Malware Grew 3,000 Percent in 2011: Report
Malware that specifically targeted mobile operating systems increased in 2011 as smartphones became more popular with enterprise users, as well as consumers. These cyber-criminals also developed affection for the Google Android OS, which saw the biggest jump in malware during the past 12 months, according to a new report from…
Online dating fraud rises by 150 percent
While love might be in the air in the run-up to Valentine's Day, fraud on online dating sites has increased by 150 percent from 2010 according to a February 9 report from online businesses reputation protection service Iovation. View full post on credit report fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results…
80 percent of city of Sacramento’s website restored; attacks continue
Four days after a hacker attacked the city of Sacramento's website, city officials said Wednesday that it had been 80 percent restored. But they are still working to prevent future attacks. View full post on spyware jail – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Research and Markets: The Global Security Software as a Service Market to Grow At A CAGR Of 28.4 Percent over the …
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Security Software as a Service Market 2010-2014 View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Barclays: 97 percent of data breaches still due to SQL injection
SQL injection attacks have been around for more than ten years, and security professionals are more than capable of protecting against them; yet 97 percent of data breaches worldwide are still due to an SQL injection somewhere along the line, according to Neira Jones, head of payment security for Barclaycard….
US police fatalities up 13 percent in 2011
Author: Duane Wolfe By Greg Bluestein Associated Press One Oregon police chief was killed when a man allegedly took the officer’s gun and shot him in the head. A policeman in Arizona was fatally shot when he went to a suburban Phoenix apartment complex to help a probation officer. And…
Android Users 4 Percent Likely to Run Into Malware; Robbed $1M in 2011: Report
Like us on Facebook At the beginning of the year, Android users were only one percent likely to meet upon malware, according to the report. “2011 was a watershed year in terms of the types threats we saw emerging,” said Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and chief technology officer at Lookout. “Threats…
New Android malware surges by 37 percent
Malware designed to target devices running Google’s Android operating system have surged by 37 percent, says McAfee. According to the security firm’s Threat Report for Q3 of 2011, 60 percent of new samples of malware found last quarter were aimed at Android devices but this quarter saw this rise to…
Malware attacks on Android phones go up 472 percent in four months
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Malware infections targeting Google‘s Android mobile operating system have increased by 472 percent since July this year, an IT security firm has revealed. Juniper Networks revealed that malware attack rates amongst Android users are going up at their highest rate ever, putting huge pressure on Google…