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Lessons from campus are fundamental to managing consumerization of IT
Lessons from campus are fundamental to managing consumerization of IT
The consumerization of IT is one of the hottest trends of late, leaving many ITsec pros wondering how they can balance the demands of their users with the security of their enterprise networks. It appears that one successful model has been under our noses all along – lurking on college campuses.
Sept. 14, 2011
Android keylogger app – powered by accelerometer/gyroscope movements – revealed
Android keylogger app – powered by accelerometer/gyroscope movements – revealed
An associate professor in the computer science department of the University of California has developed a proof-of-concept app that uses the smartphone/tablet's on-device accelerometer/gyroscope technology to interpret - and record - users' keystrokes.
Sept. 13, 2011
Russia's UK embassy reports DDoS attack on website
Russia's UK embassy reports DDoS attack on website
The Russian embassy in London has complained that its website mysteriously crashed over the weekend, after being hit by a DDoS attack. The site downing reportedly coincided with Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to Moscow.
Sept. 13, 2011
Hacker accesses 40,000 credit and debit cards processed by arcade vendor
Hacker accesses 40,000 credit and debit cards processed by arcade vendor
Vacationland Vendors, a Wisconsin-based supplier of arcade equipment and vending machines, said credit and debits cards used in its card processing system over a two and a half year period may have been exposed.
Sept. 13, 2011
GlobalSign web certificate authority back online after hacker breach
GlobalSign web certificate authority back online after hacker breach
Belgian web certificate authority (CA) GlobalSign is back online after investigating claims by the hacker who breached the Dutch DigiNotar CA that its systems had also been breached.
Sept. 13, 2011
Employers beware: Fix known flaws or risk retaliation
Employers beware: Fix known flaws or risk retaliation
Companies should fix known access vulnerabilities in order to prevent disgruntled former employees from wreaking havoc on their systems, advises Adam Bosnian with Cyber-Ark Software.
Sept. 13, 2011
Researcher suggests bribery behind recent arrest of ChronoPay co-founder
Researcher suggests bribery behind recent arrest of ChronoPay co-founder
The arrest of Pavel Vrublevsky, the co-founder of Russia's largest processor of online payments earlier this year, was the result of a bribe by his fellow co-founder, security researcher Brian Krebs has reported.
Sept. 12, 2011
Reverse engineering specialist dissects the Morto worm
Reverse engineering specialist dissects the Morto worm
Tomer Bitton, a reverse engineering specialist with Imperva, has successfully dissected the operation of the Morto worm, a malware executable that is notable for being the only worm seen to date that exploits Microsoft's remote desktop protocol (RDP).
Sept. 12, 2011
Mobile malware up 273% in first half of 2011
Mobile malware up 273% in first half of 2011
Malware for smartphones and tablets is up 273% in the first half of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010, a study from G Data has shown.
Sept. 12, 2011
More botnets using the same compromised devices, Damballa finds
More botnets using the same compromised devices, Damballa finds
The number of botnets running on compromised devices increased in the first half of 2011, despite the recent takedown of a number of high-profile botnets, according to Damballa’s first half 2011 Advanced Threat Report.
Sept. 12, 2011
Cybercrime costs a staggering $388 billion annually, says Norton
Cybercrime costs a staggering $388 billion annually, says Norton
Cybercrime costs the world $388 billion per year, according to a new report by Symantec’s Norton unit.
Sept. 9, 2011
Security researcher reveals the perils of YouTube typosquatting
Security researcher reveals the perils of YouTube typosquatting
An M86 Security researcher has revealed some of the practices of typosquatting - where darker elements of the internet register and populate domains/pages that are similar to high-profile major web portals, either infecting or ripping off users in the process.
Sept. 9, 2011