- Location
Websense
"-
Employees Can Be Easily Tricked on Social Media to Provide The Information
Nov 7, 2013Spear phishing is one of the most effective ways to break into a corporate network – and recent studies show that employees can be easily tricked on social media to provide the information needed to launch attacks. A phishing attack ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
-
Femotcell Can Be Hacked to Intercept Cell Phone Calls, Text Messages and Other Data
Aug 5, 2013Researchers showed a Black Hat audience how femotcell technology, used by phone companies to boost cell phone coverage, can be hacked to intercept cell phone calls, text messages and other data. Tom Ritter and Doug DePerry , researchers ...
Tags: Phone Calls, Exploit Cellular Tech
-
Websense Identified New Malware Campaign That Targets Blackberry Users
Jul 1, 2013Security firm Websense has identified a new malware campaign that targets Blackberry users with a malicious attachment in fake emails. The fake emails,crafted using content copied from legitimate emails from Blackberry,state that the ...
Tags: malware, Blackberry users, Security firm Websense, ThreatScope
-
Web Content Filtering Company Netsweeper Has Supplied Its Products to Pakistan
Jun 20, 2013Web content filtering company Netsweeper has supplied its products to Pakistan, even as some top IT companies have refused to supply gear for a controversial filtering project, a Canadian research group has disclosed. The new report ...
Tags: Netsweeper, Internet Content, Pakistan
-
Number-Two-Ranked McAfee Enjoyed The Most Overall Growth Last Year
Jun 2, 2013A Gartner report about the security software market out today shows that number-two-ranked McAfee enjoyed the most overall growth last year, Trend Micro slipped but stayed number three, and Symantec held onto its top spot with 19.6 percent ...
Tags: Gartner, McAfee, Trend Micro
-
WatchGuard Technologies Announced The Upcoming Availability of Seven New Models
Mar 8, 2013WatchGuard Technologies has announced the upcoming availability of seven new models in its line of extensible threat management (XTM) products. It will also release the Fireware XTM 11.7, a software update for its XTM suite of network ...
Tags: Computer Products, Computer, WatchGuard
-
Web Threat Report:China and India Were The Top Two "Victim" Countries in The Asia Pacific
Mar 6, 2013China and India were the top two “victim” countries in the Asia Pacific, according to a recent Web threat report. Conducted by Web and mobile security firm Websense, the 2013 Threat Report also ranked Taiwan, Philippines, ...
Tags: China, India, victim countries, the Asia Pacific
-
A Canadian Think Tank Called for Scrutiny of US Security Vendor Blue Coat Systems
Jan 16, 2013A Canadian think tank called on Tuesday for continued scrutiny of U.S. security vendor Blue Coat Systems after a new technical analysis showed wide use of its products in countries with human rights and censorship concerns. The Citizen ...
Tags: Blue Coat, Computer Products, software
-
Websense Launches Cyber Security Intelligence Services to Tap Into The Resources
Dec 26, 2012Security firm Websense is to launch cyber security intelligence services to enable businesses to tap into the resources of its research teams. The official launch is scheduled for later this month, but Websense revealed some details of ...
Tags: Websense, cyber security intelligence services, security platform
-
Attackers Have Quickly Expanded Their Reach by Going Mainstream
Dec 19, 2012Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or "zero-days," have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, maker of Firefox, joined the chorus of ...
Tags: Java, unpatched vulnerabilities, mainstream, security experts
-
The Planned Introduction of More Than 1,900 New gTLD Names by Icann
Dec 18, 2012The planned introduction of more than 1,900 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) could have security implications, researchers have warned. The plan to allow web ...
Tags: gTLD, Icann, security implications
-
Stuxnet,Duqu,Flame,and Gauss Have Nothing to Do with Businesses
Aug 23, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: cyber criminals, cyber attack, OTMS, IT security
-
Nearly a Quarter of The World's Banks Were Hit by Security Breaches in The Past Year
Jul 31, 2012Nearly a quarter of the world's banks were hit by security breaches in the past year, a study shows. Top threats include vulnerabilities in mobile technologies and social media, financial fraud and "hacktivist" groups, according to the ...
Tags: security breaches, social media, mobile technologies, security systems
-
Ancient Military Wisdom Dictates,Defenders Need to Know Themselves as Well as Their Enemy
Jul 10, 2012Ancient military wisdom dictates that defenders need to know themselves as well as their enemy, and this can be applied to defending information security today, says security firm Websense. In building effective IT defences, businesses ...
Tags: information security, Websense, IT defences, Hacker Attack
-
Cross-Border Cyber Policing Operation Netted 6 Suspects in Hunan,Shanghai&Other Locations
Jul 4, 2012Chinese and Hong Kong Police have smashed a gang blackmailing gold,silver and securities traders with the threat of distributed denial-of-service(DDoS)attacks. The cross-border cyber policing operation netted six suspects in ...
Tags: China, DDoS attacks, gang blackmail, Chinese and Hong Kong Police