Computerworld - Microsoft on Wednesday released a stopgap defense that protects Internet Explorer (IE) against attacks until the company issues a patch on Friday. The update will fix five flaws, including one revealed by a security ...
Recycling specialist PEL has launched an under-counter glass crusher for pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels that claims to cut glass waste by 80 per cent. The new under-the-counter glass crusher from PEL, also known as Baby Jaws ...
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More than two-fifths of companies worldwide have failed to prepare for cyber threats, a survey from security company Kaspersky Lab has revealed. Some 41% of more than 3,300 IT professionals polled in 22 countries – including 200 in ...
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Malware is able to infect other malware and in some cases make it easier for anti-virus software to detect,an incident response investigation by data-security firm Trustwave Spiderslabs has discovered. The research looked at two pieces of ...
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The value of data to cyber criminals Plan for cyber attacks Defence in depth against cyber attack Comprehensive approach to APTs Stuxnet,Duqu,Flame,and Gauss have nothing to do with businesses that are not involved in finance and critical ...
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Cybercriminals have found a way to circumvent the multifactor authentication systems used to protect business VPNs,according to security firm Trusteer,which has reported a recent targeted attack on an airport network using this method. ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, VPN, Trusteer, security, OTP, authentication system, Citadel
Infoworld - When it comes to IT security, FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is more than just the tool of overhyping vendors hoping to sell their next big thing. It is the reality that seasoned IT security pros live in, thanks in large ...
Tags: IT security, FUD, Paul Ferguson, antivirus scanner
IDG News Service-Mobile malware is rising fast,infecting nearly 13 million phones in the world during the year first half of 2012,up 177%from the same period a year ago,according to Beijing-based security vendor NetQin. In a report ...
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A widespread spam attack linking to malware has broken out on Twitter, according to the security firm Sophos. The malicious tweets often read "It's you on photo?" or "It's about you?" The tweets and URLs often include a user's Twitter ...
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A new Web-based social engineering attack that relies on malicious Java applets attempts to install backdoors on Windows, Linux and Mac computers, according to security researchers from antivirus vendors F-Secure and Kaspersky Lab. The ...
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Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system(OS)in China,say security researchers. The Trojan,dubbed MMarketPay.A,is designed to purchase apps and content without the consent of the device user,running ...
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An app known as"Find and Call"has been targeting users of both the iPhone App Store and Google's Play market,say researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab. At first,it was thought to be an SMS worm spread through text messages,rather ...
Tags: Find and Call, app, iPhone App Store, Google's Play market, security
New email-based attacks, some of which target the aerospace industry, are distributing new variants of the Sykipot information stealing malware, according to researchers from security firm AlienVault. "We have detected a new wave of ...
The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) is announcing that a case study about its successful installation of 29 kilowatts of off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems to provide electricity to the Thomonde Hospital in Haiti is available online from ...
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The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) is announcing that a case study about its successful installation of 29 kilowatts of off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems to provide electricity to the Thomonde Hospital in Haiti is available online from ...
Tags: SOLAR