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Mo Farah has become the first British man to win the Great North Run since 1985 with a personal best time of one hour and one second. More than 15,000 people turned out to support campaigners who...
View ArticleHackers launch Apple ID phishing campaign playing on iCloud security worries
The hackers behind the Kelihos botnet are trying to capitalize on users’ increased awareness about the security of Apple online accounts through a new phishing campaign. According to security...
View ArticleThe Snowden effect: How it’s still denting business confidence in cloud security
Signs were that security was beginning to recede as an obstacle to cloud adoption. That was until Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA’s PRISM data-mining activities.
View ArticleIsn’t Apple a Leader in Security?
The iCloud hack has cast Apple in a poor security light. Yes, the company dropped the ball on this one, but it is a leader in many other ways.
View ArticleWebsite of Israeli Think Tank Serves Data-Stealing Trojan
The official website of an important Israeli think tank has been compromised and abused to distribute a piece of malware, security firm Cyphort reported on Friday.
View ArticleUnencrypted Laptop Thefts Expose Personal, Medical, Financial Data
‘The benefits of encryption have been known for some time, but companies just aren’t doing it,’ says SafeNet chief strategy officer Tsion Gonen.
View ArticleThreat filtering: Strategizing serious threat detection
Standardized procedure on threat filtering isn’t working out so well; to avoid being a ‘target’ today’s organization needs an updated threat strategy.
View ArticleApple IDs Targeted in Phishing Scheme: Symantec
Researchers at Symantec spotted a phishing campaign targeting Apple IDs in the days after it was discovered a number of celebrities had their accounts compromised.
View ArticleHelen Mirren ‘Insulted’ That Hackers Didn’t Try to Find Her Naked Selfies
In a radio interview, 66-year-old actress and preeminent foxy lady Dame Helen Mirren wondered why she, of all celebrities, wasn’t targeted in the celebrity photo hacking scandal that rocked Hollywood...
View ArticleHome Depot confirms payment system attack
The home improvement retailer with more than $78 billion in sales said there’s no evidence that debit card PINs have been compromised. The attack rhymes with what Target experienced.
View ArticleHome Depot Confirms Payment Card Data Breach
After days of speculation, Home Depot has confirmed it was victimized in data breach that compromised credit and debit cards at stores throughout the United States and Canada. According to the company,...
View ArticleKelihos Botnet Used for Apple ID Phishing
Spam emails claiming to report an iTunes Store purchase from a device that had not been tied to the Apple ID contain links to phishing websites that ask for Apple credentials. Researchers from Symantec...
View ArticleGoodwill Data Breach Linked to Third-Party Vendor
Almost 900,000 payment cards appear to have been affected.
View ArticleVendor Fixes Vulnerabilities in Wireless Traffic Sensors
Sensys Networks, a company that provides integrated wireless traffic data systems, announced last week the availability of software updates that address security issues identified last year.
View ArticleDid the FBI break the law taking down Silk Road?
Law enforcement located Silk Road by finding and accessing a server that wasn’t supposed to be public. When others do this the government calls it a felony.
View ArticleRSA Unveils Security Operations Center Solution
RSA unveiled a new solution on Tuesday that is designed to help security teams detect and stop threats that could ultimately lead to an organizational data breach.
View ArticleAdobe patches Flash Player
A dozen vulnerabilities mean new versions of Flash Player and AIR on all platforms, including iOS and Android.
View ArticleNothing Supports Winning Like Continuity: What Security Can Learn from the NFL
Building a Winning Security Program is a Process and It Takes Time to Implement All The Sieces.
View ArticleHome Depot confirms months-long hack
Home Depot’s hack might be even bigger than Target’s was last year. In Target’s case, hackers slipped in for three weeks and grabbed 40 million debit and credit cards.
View ArticleCompromised Web Server Exposes Personal Info at California State University,...
Sensitive information containing social security numbers among other data, has been extracted from a web server at California State University, East Bay by an unknown intruder in August, 2013. Even if...
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