Samsung said Wednesday it is working on an update for a software flaw that could allow attackers to siphon personal …
Trend Micro updates security app to beat off Samsung attacks
Trend Micro has updated its mobile security software to detect potential attacks on several Samsung Electronics devices that have a …
2013 – The year mobile malware rears its ugly head
If you’re a user of Google’s mobile operating system Android and concerned about your smartphone’s security, expect to worry more …
Egyptian hacker releases Yahoo vulnerabilities
A hacker in Egypt has released vague details of three vulnerabilities he claims to have found within Yahoo’s website, the …
Android botnet abuses people’s phones for SMS spam
In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially …
Apple taps up former Microsoft hacker to work on Mac OS X
Apple has quietly hired Kristin Paget, a former Microsoft security expert who worked as a hacker for the company to …
91% of targeted attacks from ‘spearphishing’ emails, says Trend Micro
After gathering analysis of targeted attack data collected between February and September this year, Trend Micro found that 91 percent …
New ‘Dockster’ malware discovered on Dalai Lama site
A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai …
Tumblr falls victim to malicious trolls
Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages …
A mobile future
It has been an eventful year in the solutions world as enterprises witnessed the rise of managed services, mobility and …
Security without compromising performance
IT managers in corporate and mid-size businesses have to balance both network performance and network security concerns. While security requirements …
Cyber criminals increasingly abusing .eu domains
Cyber criminals are increasingly using .eu domain names in their attack campaigns, according to data from multiple security companies. “Numerous …
Malware targeting Android users increased nearly six-fold in Q3
High-risk and dangerous applications targeting users of Google’s Android platform increased from nearly 30,000 in June to almost 175,000 in …
Anonymous fails to take down Facebook, Zynga
The hacktivist collective Anonymous celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on Monday by claiming it had stolen data from Symantec and ImageShack …
Android malware still rising despite Google’s security improvements
Android’s 2012 security overhaul hasn’t stopped the volume of global threats targeting the mobile OS continuing to rise at an …
Google Play apps create spoofed SMSes, Symantec says
About 200 Android applications currently hosted on Google Play create spoofed SMS messages on the devices they are installed on, …
Getting worse
With the problem of hacking and its consequences on enterprise only exacerbating, CNME rounds up the views and tips from …
SMS phising vulnerability uncovered in Android
A researcher at North Carolina State University has uncovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to send deceptive text messages …
Lack of cloud protection opens door for botnet attacks, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cyber criminals with an …
South Carolina reveals massive data breach
Approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers belonging to South Carolina taxpayers were exposed …