A loophole in Google Apps was remarkably simple, found by Indian blogger Saket Jajodia, and reported to and rapidly closed by Google. But getting recognition for the discovery was less easy.
The insider threat is generally acknowledged to be a serious threat to data security. For companies it can lead to the loss of IP; for governments, the loss of state secrets. Fog Computing is a new approach to detecting and preventing that threat.
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Trend Micro has provided details on the Android threat: the volume of malware; the types of malware; specific families and what they do.
The police virus continues to evolve, from scareware to ransomware â and a new version that can be described as very scary ware.
One of the more interesting aspects of the Flame malware was the MD5 collision attack that was used to infect new machines through Windows Update. MD5 collisions are not new, but this is the first attack discovered in the wild and deserves a more in-depth look. Trail of Bits is uniquely qualified to...
The cost to protect US government secrets reached more than $11 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2011, up 12% from FY 2010 and more than double the cost in FY 2001, according to a report by the National Archives.
Global defense organizations are expected to increase their cybersecurity budgets by an average of 6% over the next 12 months, according to a report by ICD Research and Strategic Defence Intelligence.
Computers in Indiaâs primary eastern seafront naval establishment at Visakhapatnam were reportedly infected with spyware that sent classified information to IP addresses in China.
Along with the benefits that can be gained from Big Data come attendant security risks, notes Savvis' Ed Moyle.
The attack surface in Windows 8 is bigger than in Windows 7 because of new components and changed processes, especially with the Metro interface, warns a McAfee researcher.
As if there aren't already enough banking trojans to worry about, with SpyEye and Zeus, Carberp and OddJob, ESET is now warning that Gataka (aka Tatanga) â another man-in-the-browser trojan â appears ready for take-off.
Several major systems reported outages this weekend. Some, such as Pinterest, Netflix and Instagram, were caused when lightning took out Amazonâs servers in Virgina. Others were caused by the more mundane and predictable Leap Second.
Despite growing up in the computer age, Gen Y is less savvy about computer security than the Baby Boom generation, according to a survey by Check Point.
The US and Canada released a 12-point statement on privacy principles on Thursday, which provides common rules for crossborder sharing of personal information.
An agreement between four music companies and Eircom (Irelandâs principle telecommunications provider) for a graduated response potentially leading to the disconnection of copyright infringing subscribers, is to be reinstated.
In a test conducted above an Austin stadium, a civilian drone was first hijacked and then brought down using equipment that costs little more than an iPad.
An independent researcher said he has found a security hole in the KeePass password manager that could enable a hacker to gain remote access to unencrypted user passwords.
Euro 2012, unsurprisingly, has attracted scammers and spammers. Using its SiteAdvisor system, McAfee has produced its most dangerous football team: the footballers' names that a search engine is most likely to lead you to a malicious or compromised website.
âMalware authors love to use holes in 3rd party softwareâ, comments Integoâs Lisa Myers. From their perspective, âthe best thing about 3rd party software vulnerabilities is that people are very slow to patch them.â