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 …
Over 200 vendors at risk from critical software flaw
CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows …
HSBC restores websites after major DDoS assault
HSBC has restored access to several of the company’s most important websites rendered inaccessible for ten hours by what is …
Video star
The pay-TV operator OSN is reshaping the way we consume media with its video on demand service, offering users the …
Android malware exploding: Trend Micro
The amount of mobile Android malware has surged this year, from a count of 30,000 malware specimens in June to almost 175,000 …
Some Android apps have serious SSL vulnerabilities, researchers say
A team of researchers from two German universities has released a study asserting that many of the most popular free …
Microsoft patches Word flaw, 20 other critical bugs
Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including …
Infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market
Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels …
Expanding horizons
Mohammed Amin, EMC’s Senior VP and Regional Manager for Turkey, Emerging Africa and the Middle East, will now also oversee …
Facebook’s phone search poses major security risk, researchers say
Attackers can abuse Facebook’s phone search feature to find valid phone numbers and the name of their owners, according to …
Iran’s cyber attack claims lack details, experts say
Iran’s claim that its domestic Internet system suffered a slowdown from a heavy cyber attack is possible, but knowing for …
Router flaw allowed DNS attack on 4.5 million DSL gateways
Details have emerged of an extraordinary attack in which millions of DSL broadband routers in Brazil were hit by a …