New adware Trojan circulating that targets Mac OS X systems
An article from Cnet about New adware Trojan circulating that targets Mac OS X systems:
A new Mac OS X Trojan is making the rounds, installing an adware plug-in that renders ads on Web pages to generate revenue for its author.
Dubbed Trojan.Yontoo.1, it is the most prominent of an increasing number of adware Trojans making the rounds, according to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, the same company that discovered the Flashback virus last year.
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Vulnerabilities Continue to Weigh Down Samsung Android Phones
An article from Threat post on Vulnerabilities Continue to Weigh Down Samsung Android Phones:
Attackers have long had an affinity for having their way with Android phones, but the hammer seems to have really come down over the last few months when it comes to devices manufactured by Samsung.
Independent Italian researcher Roberto Paleari discussed several bugs he recently found in Samsung Android phones in a post on his blog yesterday. Paleari claims that after taking some time to sit down with some of his devices, he found six exploitable bugs on older devices such as the Galaxy Tab and the newer Galaxy S3.
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South Korea hit by cyber attack.
An article from Ehacking News on South Korea being hit by cyber attack: Yesterday South Korea was hit by a massive cyber attack . The attack disturbed the functioning of three banks and two TV channels. The bank were hit such that no financial transactions can be made.
The TV channels were affected by locking their computers hence not allowing the TV channels to edit or function to full efficiency.The attack points towards North Korea which only days ago said it will attack South Korea.
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Latest iPhone Security Update Already Beaten
An article from Tech News Daily on iphone security update: Security
compromisers may not be the most beloved demographic on the Web, but they’re nothing if not industrious. Apple’s latest iOS update, 6.1.3, has been out for less than two days, but one trickster has already infiltrated the update. Using only a paperclip and some simple settings tweaks, a user called “videosdebarraquito” has discovered a way of bypassing the passcode lock screen.
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A DHL delivery which is nothing but malware – Windows users warned of email attack
An article from Dark reading: Just earlier this week, I warned about a malware attack that had been widely spammed out posing as a message from DHL Express International.
The trick, which is an old one, goes like this.
Cybercriminals spam out an email, with forged header information, tricking you into believing that it is from a shipping company like DHL or FedEx.
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Five Hurdles That Slow Database Security Adoption
An article from dark reading in there Database Security section: In spite of a fairly mature product set and boardroom directives to protect sensitive databases, the average enterprise today still has a long way to go before it’ll apply comprehensive database security technology and processes to all of their critical databases, let alone all of its corporate databases. In spite of compliance mandates and heightened executive awareness around data security that’s still slowly boosting the sale of database activity monitoring (DAM) tools at the enterprise level, the technology itself grows cobwebs within many organizations for two big reasons: cost and complexity
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