Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more …
Children found distributing malware
Following its latest threat report, security firm AVG has noted a “disturbing” new trend in the world of cybercrime – …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Java for OS X restored
Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s …
Oracle releases Java SE update ahead of schedule
Oracle on Friday released a critical patch update for Java SE, coming through ahead of schedule to stave off an …
Cyber criminals ditch PCs for mobile era, according to survey
Cyber criminals have moved beyond the traditional PC, targeting Android, social media and even the Mac OS X with new …
Africa is the newest telecoms battleground
The news that Web services giant Baidu will bring its mobile browser to Africa, in a deal struck with France …
Oracle: We will ‘fix’ Java
Oracle’s head of Java security has promised that the vendor will “fix” issues with the widely used programming language, as …
Experts slam Oracle over Java
Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, security experts said this week, following the release of a number of …
Verizon warns of continued cyber attacks
According to a new data breach report from Verizon, authentication attacks and “hacktivism” will continue to pose a threat to …
Losing the battle
Security shot up the priority list of not just CIOs but also higher management in 2012 as the world witnessed …
iPhone hackers hint at iOS 6 jailbreak
Two iPhone hackers hinted on Sunday that they are making progress toward developing a new jailbreak for the latest version …
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 …
Researchers find another Java security flaw
Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 …
Pwn2Own hacking contest offers record $560k in prizes
HP TippingPoint, the long-time organiser of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, announced on Friday that it will offer cash awards …
Cisco investigates Linksys vulnerability
A reported vulnerability in Linksys firmware that would allow a hacker to gain full control of the wireless router has …
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 …
‘Red October’ cyber espionage network discovered
A cyber espionage network has been allowed to flourish in Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics and Central Asian countries since …
Microsoft responds to Internet Explorer vulnerability
Microsoft will deviate from its regular Internet Explorer repair schedule today by releasing a patch for older versions of its …
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 …