Symantec has observed an increase in spam messages containing URLs using the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. This chart shows percentage of spam containing .in URLs: While there were few daily spikes last year, clearly there has been more activity in the last two months. Looking back at…
SpywareLady: The Rise and Risks of Mobile Spyware – J-Net Community http://t.co/jFyVZJKo
SpywareLady: The Rise and Risks of Mobile Spyware – J-Net Community http://t.co/jFyVZJKo View full post on Twitter / SpywareLady View full post on National Cyber Security
Social Media Restrictions on the Rise, Facebook Use at Work on the Decline
Facebook usage in the workplace is down for the first quarter of 2012, according to a new report released by a firm that provides Web content filtering for companies. read more View full post on Security Management News & Analysis View full post on National Cyber Security
Mobile malware incidents on rise, says smartphone survey
The cost-saving culture of ‘bring your own device’ smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, a survey by Goode Intelligence has suggested. The Third mSecurity Survey (summary PDF) confirmed that Apple’s iPhone is currently the dominant device, present in 77 percent of…
Cyber attacks for political and social gains on the rise
It seems cyber attacks were more opportunistic last year, departing from their earlier stance for financial gains. “Attacks were increasingly motivated by political and social intent,” states the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Digital Forensics Leader AccessData Cites Industry Report Underscoring Dramatic Rise in Forensics Service Demand
On the heels of an industry report detailing a nearly 14% annualized increase in demand for digital forensics services over the past five years, AccessData Group, one of the largest computer forensic technology companies in the U.S., today affirmed the unprecedented growth in digital forensics as a key component of…
Malware and Spam Volume Down, Complexity on the Rise: Symantec
The level of technical innovation and social engineering, as well as the targeting of business executives, are some of the new security trends that Symantec is warning people to be vigilant against. The observation comes the way of the latest Symantec Intelligence Report, which looked into the state of spam…
Remains of the Day: The Rise of HD Voice [For What It’s Worth]
HD Voice may be coming to a smartphone near you, Avast releases a new fix utility for Avast 7, and Soluto: Now available for Windows 8. More Smartphones are Getting HD Voice: Thanks to a speech-compression algorithm known as AMR-WB that doubles the range of voice frequencies that are transmitted,…
Spam Levels Down, Mobile Malware On The Rise
McAfee has released their quarterly threat report for the fourth quarter of 2011, and some of the results may surprise you. The report examines the biggest threats to online security for both the fourth quarter and all of 2011. The report shows that while spam email seems to be on…
The Rise of the International Cybervillain
Last month's Open Group Conference in San Francisco focused on how IT and enterprise architecture support enterprise transformation. Speakers in conference events also explored the latest in service oriented architecture, cloud computing and security. One of the main speakers, Joseph Menn, cybersecurity correspondent for The Financial Times , has covered…