Carberp gang arrested in Russia

Carberp gang arrested in Russia


Carberp gang arrested in Russia

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 11:11 AM PDT

Eight men have been arrested in Moscow for having allegedly stolen over $2 million from the bank accounts of over 90 Russian individuals by infecting their computers with the Carberp Trojan and other ...

Computer and biological viruses might eventually converge

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 10:05 AM PDT

The term "computer virus" was coined by Fred Cohen in the early 1980s, because like its biological counterparts, the computer virus is essentially a sequence of information that codes its behavior in ...

Beware of fake Google AV

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:32 AM PDT

Cyber crooks are once again trying to take advantage of Google's name and logo to push malware onto unsuspecting users. According to GFI researchers, a number of pages offering "Google antivirus" s...

Facebook privacy loophole allows regular spying on users

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:10 AM PDT

With over 845 million active users, Facebook is a great source of willingly shared information for anyone who can effectively become a "Facebook friend" with the targets. And according to a pair of...

Smartphone security checklist

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:07 AM PDT

While smartphones can make a significant and positive impact on those who embrace the technology, conversely the technology can wreak havoc on its users if they are complacent, careless or re-active t...

Confidential documents are leaving the workplace

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:02 AM PDT

90% of Americans believe people remove confidential documents from the workplace, even though most adults (79%) say taking confidential files outside the office is grounds for termination. The File...

Cisco goes beyond BYOD

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Employees are demanding not only to use their own devices at work, but also to have more flexibility in the way they work and when and where they work. The Cisco Connected World Technology Report f...

Phishers trick gamers with adult cam show offer

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:27 AM PDT

A rather clever phishing scheme targeting Italian gamers has recently been spotted by Symantec researchers. The scammy page, hosted on a free web hosting site, was made to look like a popular gamin...

Protect data and automate log management

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:26 AM PDT

Released today, WhatsUp Log Management 10.1.1 boasts pre-built, out-of-the-box reports, focused on complying with European-specific data protection regulations. The reports ease key compliance re...

VolP: The new way in?

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Voice is now data and as such it is a new attack vector for hackers into a company network. Most VoIP systems being deployed are based on Session Initiation Protocol (or SIP) which was designed in the...

On-demand cloud identity management

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Ping Identity unveiled PingOne, a multiplexed identity switch in the cloud. One connection to PingOne provides businesses the convenience of Tier 1 Single Sign-On (SSO) access to all of their cloud ap...

BS 25999-2: An overview of BCM implementation process

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 02:38 AM PDT

While many business continuity methodologies exist for more than 20 years, none of them have really managed to include business continuity in regular management duties – this is probably why BS 25999-...

The practice of insecure collaboration

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:54 PM PDT

Most often sensitive information exchanged beyond the firewall with business partners and customers is still primarily conducted through email and consumer-grade file sharing tools such as FTP sites, ...

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