The Dutch government on Thursday presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into …
Hackers increasingly target shared Web hosting servers for phishing
Cyber criminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large …
Facebook used as billboard for malware
A cybercriminal has taken to selling his malware and related services on Facebook, boldly choosing a public forum to reach …
StrikeForce lawsuit dampens Microsoft cloud security plans
A lawsuit could put a crimp in Microsoft’s reported plans to implement two-factor authentication for users of its consumer cloud …
Bitcoin exchange hit with DDoS attack
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an …
Selling to SMBs
Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) represent an important element in the business ecosystem of the Middle East. Industry analysts predict …
Multiven accuses Cisco of data theft
Cisco has been accused of stealing thousands of proprietary and copyrighted data files from its third-party services nemesis, Multiven, which has filed …
US comes up short on security experts
According to a pair of recently released reports, demand for information security experts in the United States is outstripping the …
Secure everything, everywhere ..and that includes performance and productivity
Dell SonicWALL’s Head of Product Marketing, Florian Malecki, talks devices, data, and security. We love our devices. IDC is predicting …
US students take on Chinese malware code
Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim …
Chinese authorities exploit Office for Mac hole
Chinese authorities may be exploiting a security hole in Microsoft Office for Mac to target the Uyghur people, an ethnic …
EU issues cloud warning
The growth in cloud computing is a double-edged sword, Europe’s top cyber security agency warned on Thursday. The European Network …
Malnets make the jump to mobile
Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more …
Are 8 Windows more shatterproof than 7?
So far, the evidence suggests Windows 8 has hardly been the gleaming success that Microsoft no doubt hoped it would …
M2M poses security risks – watchdogs
Security watchdogs are now worried about a new attack vendor that cybercriminals could take advantage of – the growing number …
RSA launches Security Analytics in UAE
RSA last week launched its Security Analytics solution in the UAE, promising to leverage big data in order to provide …
Children found distributing malware
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 …
Microsoft, Symantec take down botnet
Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday announced that they have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal …
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 …