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Lastline Report Finds Evasive Threats On The Rise

An Interesting article from Dark reading on Evasive Malware :  SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lastline, Inc., a new provider of active malware defense solutions for businesses, has released a new report, “The Security Threat of Evasive Malware,” that looks at how malware authors are able to exploit the limited visibility of automated malware analysis systems (sandboxes) […]

Cloud Security Falls Short … But Could Be Great

An Interesting article from Dark reading on cloud Security:  SAN FRANCISCO — RSA CONFERENCE 2013 — Public cloud services could have better security than the vast majority of corporate on-premise networks, but today’s tools fail to provide needed protections, and providers and security firms fall short of the cooperation necessary to build security into the […]

Google patches ‘loophole’ in two-factor verification system

An Interesting article  in NBC News technology  security section: A security firm found it could bypass Google’s two-step login verification process, reset a user’s master password and gain full control of the account “simply by capturing a user’s application-specific password.” Application-specific passwords are passwords generated by Google that you can opt to use instead of […]

EADS, ThyssenKrupp attacked by Chinese hackers: report

An Interesting article  in NBC News technology section: FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Airbus parent EADS and German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp recorded major attacks by Chinese hackers in 2012, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unidentified people within the two companies. That is a trend seen throughout the German economy, where companies are increasingly being attacked by Chinese […]

Microsoft says small number of its computers hacked

An Interesting article  in NBC News technology section: SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Friday a small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware, but there was no evidence of customer data being affected and it is continuing its investigation. The world’s largest software company […]

Cyber-criminals are targeting phones and bank info

An article form CNN in there tech Sections:  As recent high-profile attacks at major companies like Facebook and Apple, major publications like the New York Times and Washington Post and the U.S. government itself have made clear, cyber-crime is a very real and growing concern for everyone. The latest threat report from security firm McAfee […]

White House Cracks Down On Cyberespionage

An interesting article  form Dark reading in there advanced-threats sections on Cyberespionage: The Obama administration is turning up the heat on nation-state cyberespionage attackers: A new policy aimed at protecting the U.S. government and businesses from theft of their intellectual property goes further than previous administrations in addressing the worst-kept secret that cyberspies are stealing […]

NBC website hacked and distributes malware – here’s what happened

An interesting article  form Naked Security about NBC website being hack :The latest high-profile organisation to fall victim to cybercriminals is the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), one of the so-called Big Three television networks in the USA. NBC’s website was “owned” and used as a go-between in a campaign to infect online visitors automatically. For […]