400% increase in Android malware

400% increase in Android malware


400% increase in Android malware

Posted: 10 May 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Enterprise and consumer mobile devices are exposed to a record number of security threats, including a 400 percent increase in Android malware, as well as highly targeted Wi-Fi attacks, according to a...

Microsoft releases two security updates

Posted: 10 May 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Microsoft released two security updates addressing one Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and two Important vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. MS11-035 (Windows) is the top priority bull...

Fake Patch Tuesday alert leads to Zeus infection

Posted: 10 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT

The term "Patch Tuesday" has become widely known and is so intimately tied to Microsoft that it is no wonder that malware peddlers are using it to add an aura of legitimacy to their spammy emails: ...

Fake AV spreading via Yahoo! Answers

Posted: 10 May 2011 05:38 AM PDT

From poisoned Google image search results to poisoned answers to legitimate questions on Q&A sites like Yahoo! Answers and public forums, malware peddlers are determined to use every possible way to s...

41% carry unprotected sensitive information on mobile devices

Posted: 10 May 2011 04:15 AM PDT

41 percent of what should be a security savvy audience are carrying sensitive information on mobile devices unprotected, according to Origin Storage. In fact, 19 percent revealed that their organ...

Google Chrome sandbox apparently cracked

Posted: 10 May 2011 02:59 AM PDT

French security firm VUPEN has announced that its researchers have managed manufacture an exploit able to bypass Google Chrome's sandbox, ASLR and DEP. It is precisely the sandbox feature what made...

Cyber criminals moving operations to Canada

Posted: 09 May 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Cyber criminals are on the move again and, this time, Canada is the prime target. IP addresses in China and Eastern Europe are highly scrutinized and undergoing intense evaluation so attackers are on ...

Free browser-based security assessment

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:06 PM PDT

Shavlik Technologies announced a new browser-based security advisory that helps identify potential security vulnerabilities on a network. Shavlik Security Advisor scans all physical and virtual m...

Cloud-based protection for virtualized environments

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Panda Security launchd Panda Virtual GateDefender Performa which delivers cloud-based protection for VMWare virtualized environments. Companies can now protect their perimeter by harnessing the v...

Compliance is more than just cost

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Compliance investments, which are basically treated only as a spending to align with compulsory regulations, when extended to all processes including privileged and super users, can build trust and co...

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