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Phase 3 of the Op Ababil DDoS attacks on US banks commences
Phase 3 of the Op Ababil DDoS attacks on US banks commences
al-Qassam Cyber Fighters announced the resumption on Tuesday. By Wednesday, customers of PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and a number of other major banks were reporting difficulties to the sitedown.co website.
March 7, 2013
RSA 2013: White Hats Need to Play a More Intelligent Game
RSA 2013: White Hats Need to Play a More Intelligent Game
The information security community must stop giving away the roadmap to its defense, said Art Gilliland, HP, at the RSA conference in San Francisco, February 28 2013.
March 7, 2013
Android malware blossoms as PC attacks fade
Android malware blossoms as PC attacks fade
If there were any doubt that Android malware is becoming an epidemic, look no further than a study showing that the number of new malware programs for the mobile operating system has increased five-fold since the first half of 2012. PC threats, meanwhile, are waning.
March 7, 2013
DARPA says goodbye to hacker-friendly Cyber Fast Track program
DARPA says goodbye to hacker-friendly Cyber Fast Track program
The Department of Defense is pulling the plug on Cyber Fast Track, a program aimed at tapping reformed hackers and other security hotshots to solve cyber-defense problems quickly.
March 7, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #6: What do you really gain from a 2vCPU virtual desktop?
VDI “The Missing Questions” #6: What do you really gain from a 2vCPU virtual desktop?
So you've decided you are going to run 2vCPU VMs in one, or all (GHAST!) of your VDI pools. Why did you decide this? Because your application is
March 7, 2013
Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE
Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE
The future intrigues us all, especially when every now and then we’re able to catch a glimpse of what’s to come. At Cisco, one of the ways we build our
March 7, 2013
New botnet found in Latin America
New botnet found in Latin America
A new botnet, AlbaBotnet, has been discovered in Latin America. It appears to be still in development and has not yet been used in anger. Currently it is designed to target two specific banks in Chile.
March 6, 2013
MSE Blog Series Part 3: Monetize Your WLAN using Cisco Location Analytics
MSE Blog Series Part 3: Monetize Your WLAN using Cisco Location Analytics
In light of the recent announcement of MSE Release 7.4 and Advanced Location Analytics Availability, we thought it would be timely to pick up where we
March 6, 2013
Optimize Social Profiles for Better Search Engine Results
Optimize Social Profiles for Better Search Engine Results
Social Media Optimization (SMO) is the practice of building and maintaining social network profiles and activity in ways that are most likely to have a
March 6, 2013
Trolling – academics look at an online sub-culture that verges on bullying
Trolling – academics look at an online sub-culture that verges on bullying
A new study by Nottingham Trent University suggests that nearly 60% of online gamers have at some stage indulged in activity described by the university as ‘intentionally provoking or antagonizing users in an online environment’ – that is, trolling.
March 5, 2013
Samsung Android devices vulnerable to lockscreen bypass
Samsung Android devices vulnerable to lockscreen bypass
Hard on the heels of Apple iPhone lock screen bypass woes, it turns out that Samsung devices running Android version 4.1.2 have a similar bug, which allows someone to get around the screen lock.
March 5, 2013
Oracle patches two Java zero-day exploits
Oracle patches two Java zero-day exploits
Oracle has released an out-of-cycle emergency patch for Java to address two zero-day vulnerabilities, including a recently reported issue that allows hackers to download the McRAT remote access trojan. This is the fifth Java update so far in 2013.
March 5, 2013