Friday, October 30th, 2009 at
1:31 pm
On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data.
In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
Friday, October 30th, 2009 at
1:30 pm
Kaspersky unveiled a new tool on Thursday called “Krab Krawler” that analyzes the millions of tweets posted on Twitter every day and blocks any malware associated with them.
The tool looks at every public post as it appears on Twitter, extracts any URLs in them and analyzes the Web page …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at
10:12 am
Cyberterrorism is on the rise around the world. But only one-third of companies are tackling it in their disaster recovery plans, says a survey released Tuesday by data center association AFCOM.
Although the majority (60.9 percent) of companies questioned see cyberterrorism as a threat to be addressed, “AFCOM’s …
By Lance Whitney
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at
10:01 am
More midsize companies are being attacked by cyber criminals and at the same time they’re spending less on security, says a McAfee report released Wednesday. Across the world, more than half of the 900 midsize businesses (51 to 1,000 employees) surveyed by McAfee for its report, The Security Paradox said …
By Lance Whitney
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at
9:14 am
If you have an SMC8014 cable modem/Wi-Fi router from Time Warner your network might still be vulnerable to attack. Blogger David Chen reported last week on a security hole affecting about 67,000 combo modem/router devices that could allow anyone to access Time Warner customers’ private networks, snoop …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
