A global shift in cybercrime

A global shift in cybercrime


A global shift in cybercrime

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:49 AM PST

The target of attacks has shifted from traditional infrastructure to mobile users and endpoint devices, according to a new report. Research from SpiderLabs found that malicious tools became more cu...

The unofficial guide to Facebook privacy

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST

To fully understand the privacy of Facebook and how it's likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing - Facebook executives want everyone to be public. As the service evolves, executives te...

Digital forensics for iPad and iPhone 4

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 07:22 AM PST

The iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch frenzy on both the consumer and corporate fronts accelerates the need for law enforcement, security analysts and e-discovery specialists to review and collect forensi...

Two men charged for AT&T site breach

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 06:01 AM PST

Two men were arrested on Tuesday and are facing charges of fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization, following an investigation that started with last year's much publicized har...

Global workforce and the cloud

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:55 AM PST

Every couple of years (ISC)2 issue a report on the current situation and future expectations regarding the global information security workforce. At the Infosecurity press event, John Colley, the o...

Chinese Trojan targets cloud-based AV technologies

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:50 AM PST

A Trojan that tries to obstruct cloud-based antivirus technology present in major AV solutions offered by Chinese security firms is targeting users by posing as a video player and other popular softwa...

"Free iPhone and iPad combo" offer lures Twitterers to malicious site

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:46 AM PST

A surge in malicious shortened links accompanying messages that say I just won a free iphone and ipad! (or a variation of that message) has been spotted on yesterday morning on Twitter, and the messag...

Bizarre Firefox update scam offers AV to go with it

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:44 AM PST

A fascinating mishmash of scammy offers is currently being pushed onto Russian-speaking users on chatrooms, forums and security lists. It all starts with a link that takes potential victims to a si...

Dramatic increase in malware and phishing via social networks

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:29 AM PST

By mid-2010, Facebook recorded half a billion active users, making it not only the largest social networking site, but also one of the most popular destinations on the web. Unsurprisingly, this mas...

40% of executives not planning to adopt the cloud

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

Forty percent of C-level executives have stated that they are not planning to adopt cloud computing, according to a report by ISACA. Respondents who do not plan to use cloud computing at all in the ne...

Solera DeepSee App for Splunk

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:03 PM PST

Solera Networks released the new DeepSee App for Splunk. This integration delivers full context to any security alert managed through the Splunk platform, enabling in-depth root cause analysis and inv...

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