NEW YORK (Reuters) – A reported threat from an activist hacker group to take protests against Wall Street to the Internet by crippling the New York Stock Exchange website appeared to come to nothing on Monday. A spokesperson for NYSE said there was no interruption to web traffic and no…
New malware threat to Internet banking users
Internet banking customers should be on guard against a new computer malware, said the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) on Thursday. In a statement, it warned customers to look out for “SpyEye”, a Trojan Horse malware that targets local Internet banking applications after a few cases were reported recently. When a…
CACI Announces Release of Cybersecurity Report from Fifth Asymmetric Threat Symposium
CACI International Inc , the U.S. Naval Institute and the Center for Security Policy today announced the release of Cyber Threats to National Security: Keeping the Nation’s Industrial Base Safe From Cyber Threats. View full post on cyber terrorism – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber…
New malware threat to Internet banking applications
New malware threat to Internet banking applicationsPosted: 29 September 2011 1228 hrs SINGAPORE: The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has issued a warning against a new computer malware dubbed “SpyEye” that targets local Internet banking applications. It said there have been a few…
Conficker Virus: Real Threat or All Hype?
The recent publication of “Worm: The First Digital World War” by Mark Bowden (“Black Hawk Down”) has renewed interest in the Conficker worm, an insidious piece of malware that can quietly take over your computer without your knowledge. There’s a lot of confusing information flying around the Internet about the…
Apple blocks malware-as-PDF threat but new attack emerges
Apple has quietly added detection for the recent malware attack that used PDF files as lures to trick Mac OS X users into downloading a malicious Trojan dropper. The detection was added into the rudimentary XProtect.plist malware blocker built into Mac OS X. The malware, flagged as a trojan dropper, installs downloader component that…
Piracy to remain a threat: O’Connor
Piracy, cyber crime, refugees and climate change are all part of the national security job, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor says. View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory Evans | LinkedIn Interview With Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Security…
Apple patches OS X for DigiNotar threat
Apple is rolling out an OS X patch to deal with the DigiNotar fiasco following criticism last week about their slow response to the security threat posed by a hacker stealing SSL (secure socket layer) certificates. Apple announced the patch in a security update bulletin. “Fraudulent certificates were issued by…
Searches, checkpoints in NY amid threat report
By Colleen Long Associated Press NEW YORK — Security worker Eric Martinez wore a pin depicting the twin towers on his lapel as he headed to work in lower Manhattan on Friday, unfazed by a report of a credible but unconfirmed terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept….
New Mac Malware Fools Customers, But Threat Still Relatively Small
The 11-inch MacBook Air costs $1,000. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com A new piece of malware has caused an uptick in Apple customers reporting infected machines, renewing a timeless debate on the state of Macintosh security versus Windows. The trojan horse is called Mac Defender. It’s a web pop-up containing a spoof…