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Kaspersky Has Discovered 'icefog'
Oct 7, 2013Kaspersky has discovered 'Icefog', a hacking campaign that targets the supply chains of Western companies, a report by the security and anti-virus software solutions provider has revealed, as it warns about the growing threat of ...
Tags: Kaspersky, software, Computer Products
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Rapid 7 This Week Unveiled a New Set of Tools Designed to Help Businesses Better Judge
Aug 26, 2013Rapid 7 this week unveiled a new set of tools designed to help businesses better judge the overall effectiveness of existing security controls and the risk associated with users across the organization. The announcement came during ...
Tags: Rapid 7, software, Computer Products
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Spammers Are Reverting to Old Tricks in Order to Avoid Detection From Spam Filters
May 17, 2013According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, spammers are reverting to old tricks in order to avoid detection from spam filters. One such method being employed by spammers during Q1 2013, Kaspersky said, was the use of ...
Tags: Computer Products, Tricks, Spammers
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Facebook Home Should Be Banned From Corporate Networks to Avoid Unnecessary Security Risks
Apr 11, 2013Facebook Home, the new app that replaces the home screen on an Android smartphone, should be banned from corporate networks to avoid unnecessary security risks, experts say. Facebook introduced Home on Thursday, aiming to give its 1 ...
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Bypass Traditional Defense Technologies on Their Networks Every Three Minutes
Apr 3, 2013Organizations face malware-related events that bypass traditional defense technologies on their networks every three minutes, according to a new report released Wednesday by security vendor FireEye. "This activity can include the receipt ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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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
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Zendesk Said Thursday a Hacker Gained Access to Support Information for Some Customers
Feb 26, 2013Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some customers of its online help desk software. "We've become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week," wrote Mikkel Svane, Zendesk's CEO. "As soon as we ...
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Google, Microsoft and Yahoo Have Remedied a Cryptographic Weakness in Their Email Systems
Dec 27, 2012Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have remedied a cryptographic weakness in their email systems that could allow an attacker to create a spoofed message that passes a mathematical security verification. The weakness affects DKIM, or DomainKeys ...
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, cryptographic weakness, email systems
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Phishing Attacks Are Moving From Targeting a Few Key Employees in Businesses
Dec 27, 2012Phishing attacks are moving from targeting a few key employees in businesses to much wider groups of employees, according to corporate security awareness training company PhishMe. "Once they are in, attackers are using what they learn ...
Tags: Phishing attacks, PhishMe, security awareness, detections systems
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According to Advanced Threat Report on Cyber Attacks Routinely Bypass Traditional Defences
Dec 21, 2012Advanced malware that evades signature-based detection has increased nearly 400% in the past year, research by security firm FireEye has revealed. Companies are being hit by an average of 643 successful infections a week, according to the ...
Tags: FireEye, cyber attack, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems
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Facebook Gifts Might Encourage Users to Expose Information Like Their Home Addresses
Dec 20, 2012Facebook Gifts, the new social gifting service launched by Facebook on Thursday, might encourage users to expose information like their home addresses, birth date, clothing or shoe size that could pose security and privacy risks, according ...
Tags: Facebook Gifts, social gifting service, Facebook, users, information
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Trend Micro : 91 Percent of Targeted Attacks Involved Spearphishing
Dec 20, 2012After gathering analysis of targeted attack data collected between February and September this year, Trend Micro found that 91 percent of targeted attacks involved spearphishing. This finding reinforces the company’s stance that ...
Tags: Email attacks, Malicious threats, targeted attacks, Trend Micro, network
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Cyber Criminals Are Using Compromised Twitter Accounts to Distribute Messages
Dec 19, 2012Cyber criminals are using compromised Twitter accounts to distribute messages disguised as coming from friends who suggest recipients click on a link to see themselves on a Facebook video. Sophos reported the trick after receiving a ...
Tags: Direct message virus, Facebook, LinkedIn, Malicious links, social media
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Security Threats to Your Mobile Device Are All Becoming Favourites of Digital Crooks
Dec 19, 2012Security threats to your mobile device such as malware, fraudulent lures such as SMS spoofing, and toll fraud, are all becoming favourites of digital crooks as people move away from using PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, according to ...
Tags: cybercrime, mobile devices, mobile security, PC, tablet
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Skype Battle Wily Adversaries,But Microsoft-Owned Service Says The Sham Calls Decline
Dec 18, 2012Skype has been battling wily adversaries who are abusing the Internet calling application to direct people to scam websites, but the Microsoft-owned service says the sham calls are decreasing. The automated calls feature a ...
Tags: highlightedpost, internet, Microsoft, scam, Skype