Digital Trends – After five months of beta testing, Bitdefenderâs Mobile Security app for Android devices is officially ready for download. And it couldnât come at a better time; according to a number of recent reports, malware makers have been flooding the Android Market left and right, making it increasingly…
Booz Allen Reports Top Ten Cyber Security Trends for Financial Services in 2012
MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Booz Allen today cited increased cyber threats to senior executives, the impact of organized crime and mobile device security as among the Top 10 Financial Services Cyber Security Trends for 2012. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Infographic: How you’re being scammed on Twitter (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Social networks are a seething cesspool of malicious scammers out to get you. And antivirus software maker Bitdefender wants to help keep you safe from their, grabby, grimy little mitts. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Mind Control: Hackers working on project that will let you control Siri with your brain (Digital Trends)
When Apple unveiled to the world the clever personal secretary we have come to know as Siri, many were excited at the possibilities this new application could bring. Apple itself touted Siri as an ingenious breakthrough and achievement — something that, once again, set Apple apart from its competitors. Of…
Apple boots iOS developer for exposing a security bug (Digital Trends)
Companies like Google and Facebook reward hackers with monetary incentives for finding bugs and security holes in their software. Apple has taken the opposite approach. TG Daily reports that security researcher Charlie Miller was ousted from the iOS developer program after revealing a security flaw in iPhones and iPads. He…
Men engage in more ‘risky online behavior’ than women, study shows (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Be careful out there, guys. According to a new study conducted by Internet security firm Bitdefender, men are more likely to fall victim to data theft on social networks like Facebook and Twitter than women. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on…
Anonymous threatens the New York Stock Exchange (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Over the weekend, computer hacking group Anonymous announced plans to specifically target the New York Stock Exchange on October 10 and claims to âeraseâ the NYSE from the Internet on that day. Titled Operation Invade Wall Street in support for the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and…
Cars now under serious threat from hackers, warns McAfee (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – The computer that runs your car may be the next target hit by hackers, says anti-virus software maker McAfee. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Facebook: We didn’t mean to censor activists (Digital Trends)
Environmental activists were unable to post on Facebook pages support the cause this weekend, and initially thought the site was blocking this content. But the social network has spoken up, saying the blocked material wasn’t the result of manual blocking but of its anti-spam algorithm. The filter is designed to…
Google: IP spoofing on the rise (Digital Trends)
Google has been running its Safe Browsing service for about four years, with a goal towards providing an open service that Web browsing applications can check against to see if a particular site is suspected of hosting malware or phishing scams. Now, Google has published an analysis (PDF) of more…