Aug 12, 2013 | Browser Security
Fake adverts could be used to “remote control” internet browsers on a massive scale – allowing for cheap DDoS attacks, where millions of unwitting web users “attack” target sites. Simply by buying adverts through legitimate ad networks,...
Aug 9, 2013 | General Security
September 23, 2013 is a date to note if your organization handles health-related information. You might be a medical clinic, or a company that does IT work for a clinic. You might not think of yourself as being a medical professional. You could be a data storage...
Aug 5, 2013 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
In the last couple of days, we’ve seen two articles detailing malware supposedly released by the FBI or other US federal bureau that was designed to snoop on citizens – in one case, via their Android phone – and in another, malware designed to reveal...
Jun 26, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
In an article on InfoSecurity, it has been reported that the Caberp bootkit malware source-code has been leaked and is freely available online… this will certainly lead to many, MANY more variations of the threat. The leak followed a “fire-sale” of...
Jun 10, 2013 | Buying Security Products, General Security
In a Guardian article from 2008, it was reported that Richard Stallman, founder of GNU (and the Free Software Foundation), is claiming that using web-based programs like GMail is Cloud computing is a trap, furthermore, claiming that cloud computing is “worse...
