A researcher at North Carolina State University has uncovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to send deceptive text messages from some Android devices, as part of a phishing scheme. Particularly worrisome is the fact that the ...
Tags: Android, Phising, SMS, Android devices
From Google Maps,the U.S.National Security Agency's parking lot has a larger footprint than the building itself.And for the high secrecy surrounding what goes on inside,there is plenty of information flowing just outside. In a ...
Tags: The Nsa's Parking Lot, Google Maps
A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama. The malware, nicknamed “Dockster,” is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim’s ...
Tags: Apple, botnets, Dockster, highlightedpost, malware, Web attacks
Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing that the company publicising the issue is seeking to put its competitors in an unfavourable light. ...
Tags: Microsoft, Explorer browser, web pages, software products
Panda Security,The Cloud Security Company,today announced the launch of Panda GateDefender Performa eSeries,its new,unified perimeter security device that protects against all types of threats.Panda Security's new appliance enables mid-size ...
IDG News Service-Microsoft is linking malicious software analysts with online advertising fraud experts in an effort to disrupt click fraud,a scam where advertisers pay for worthless clicks. The Microsoft Malware Protection ...
Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities,according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this year was cancelled following a ...
Tags: Siemens software, Stuxnet, Sergey Gordeychik, SCADA system
Small to medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)suffer more from malware than larger organisations,but their security procedures are lagging behind,says security firm,Kaspersky Lab. SMEs are typically more vulnerable to viruses,worms,spyware and ...
Tags: SMEs, malware, Kaspersky Lab, IT Security
IDG News Service-In one of the photos,the dark-haired,bearded hacker is peering into his computer's screen,perhaps puzzled at what's happening.Minutes later,he cuts his computer's connection,realizing he has been discovered. The nation of ...
Tags: Georgia, cyber-spying, Russia-Based Hacker
Digia recently acquired the full Qt business from Nokia,Juhapekka Niemi,director,Digia,Qt,talks to Electronics Weekly about how the mobile software business will develop and grow in a market where open source has growing popularity. What ...
Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year, Microsoft said today. But even with that dramatic increase, Windows 7 remained two to three times less likely to fall to hacker attack than the aged Windows XP. ...
Tags: Windows 7, Malware Infection, US, Microsoft
Telvent,a Canadian energy firm whose systems are used to control more than half of all oil and gas pipelines in North America and Latin America,today confirmed a security breach involving the project files of some of its customers. In a ...
Microsoft has found several PCs,manufactured in China,to have had malware installed by cyber criminals. Microsoft's digital crimes unit stumbled across the malicious software during an investigation into Chinese manufacturers in August ...
Tags: cyber criminal, Microsoft, China, Nitol virus, US
Smartphones running Google's Android operating system(OS)have been hijacked by a botnet,according to a Microsoft researcher. Researcher Terry Zink said he had come across spam being sent from Yahoo e-mail servers by Android ...
Tags: Smartphones, Google's Android OS, Microsoft researcher, botnet