The number of malware samples that use P-to-P (peer-to-peer) communications has increased fivefold during the past 12 months, according to researchers from security firm Damballa. The largest contributors to this increase are advanced ...
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could be related have in the past few days slammed the DNS servers of at least three providers of domain name management and DNS hosting services. DNSimple, easyDNS and TPP Wholesale all ...
Tags: DDoS Attacks, DNS
An ongoing cyberespionage campaign compromised over 350 high-profile victims from more than 40 countries over the past eight years, including political activists, research centers, governmental institutions, embassies, military contractors ...
In the protection of plants and buildings in the public, military or institutional area like embassies, government buildings or prisons, composite safety glasses are used which are shatterproof and impede bullets. STADIP ULTIMAX satisfies ...
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Despite the growing threat of state-sponsored cyberattacks launched from China and other countries, U.S companies should not be allowed to fight back on their own, security experts say. Such corporate counterstrikes would undermine ...
Tags: Computer Products, web surcrity
Nissan and some other big brands have suspended advertising campaigns on Facebook after ads were apparently displayed next to offensive content on the site. The campaigns were put on hold in the U.K. just as Facebook rolled out new ...
Tags: Facebook, Ads, Computer Products
The rise of Near Field Communication technology means it's only a matter of time before more compatible toys have a bigger impact on the industry. What the heck is this NFC stuff you may have heard about recently and should your firm be ...
Tags: nfc, skylanders, Toys
Threats from malware specifically targeting social media and the number of spam emails have both risen significantly in the first quarter of this year. That's according to the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2013, which reveals that ...
Tags: Social Media Malware, McAfee
BT, one of Yahoo's biggest customers for its Yahoo Mail service, has decided to dump the service in favour of its own BT Mail platform, which will be run by US messaging specialist Critical Path. Yahoo Mail accounts have been given ...
Tags: BT, Yahoo, Account Hijackings
DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported. The 167 Gbps peak attack hit what is being ...
Tags: DDoS Attack, Financial Firm
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to antivirus vendor McAfee. After ...
Tags: McAfee, Spam, MBR Attack
It's only a matter of time before more compatible toys have a bigger impact on the industry. What the heck is this NFC stuff you may have heard about recently and should your firm be using it? Well, if you own an Oyster card ...
Tags: nfc, skylanders, Toys
Perhaps prompted by all the ads for drugs such as AndroGel 1.62% and Axiron, many men attribute their lagging libido to reduced testosterone levels. But stress, depression, lack of sleep or exercise, work load, or changed feelings about ...
Tags: Low-T, Health&Medicine
Most financial services organisations (even the largest ones) have admitted that they do not have the budget to deal with the largest cyber attacks, according to attendees of a recent forum. Comments made at Ballintrae's first IT Security ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
Governments routinely use the internet to spy on people and organisations, and to steal sensitive and classified information - and we'd all better get used to it. That is the message from Chinese' networking company Huawei's head of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software