Following its latest threat report, security firm AVG has noted a “disturbing” new trend in the world of cybercrime – …
Financial malware authors return to basics
Financial malware authors are returning to traditional, phishing-like, credential-stealing techniques in order to evade detection, according to researchers from security …
2012 ‘year of the exploit’
In a security landscape report released on Tuesday, security software maker F-Secure claimed that 2012 was the “year of the …
Chinese malware targets US drones
Security firm FireEye has claimed that a series of targeted malware attacks detected a year ago are almost certainly part …
The benefits of Facebook Graph Search
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a plan this week to make all of the Likes, check-ins, and photo tags on Facebook actually …
Losing the battle
Security shot up the priority list of not just CIOs but also higher management in 2012 as the world witnessed …
Virut botnet crippled by researchers
The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used …
Researchers crack Philips hospital system
A Philips information management system, which is used in making administrative chores in hospital more efficient, contains vulnerabilities that can …
New Java flaw found in days, sells on black web
Oracle’s bad Java week got worse on Wednesday, after it was announced that a previously unknown flaw in the programming …
Malware infects US power facilities through USB drives
Two U.S. power companies reported infections of malware during the past three months, with the bad software apparently brought in …
Trojan disguised as latest Chrome update
Following Google’s recent upgrade of Chrome, a new wave of bogus updates has been set upon the Internet by cyber …
Is Iran really behind recent stream of DDoS bank attacks?
Though U.S. officials have consistently blamed Iran for the ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major …
Chinese man guilty of pirated software sales worth $100mn
A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to selling pirated software used in defence, space and other …
Keeping secure? Virtually impossible
The last 12 months has seen an incredible transformation from traditional IT towards a new, digitalised world which has begun …
Dexter malware infects point-of-sale systems worldwide:
Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) …
Top 10 tech stories of 2012
Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace …
Researchers show proof-of-concept Microsoft ERP hack
Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting …
Steady as it goes
Symantec has recently laid out its management and product strategy. The company, which has gone through a leadership change, is …
The moving target
The advent of mobility and its infiltration on enterprise has birthed a whole new type of security risk, and as …
BYOD puts the employee in control, says Blue Coat
With the advent of mobility and the influx of BYOD in enterprise, employers are struggling to keep control of their …