india-to-have-national-cyber-security
An interesting article from Ehacking News: India will soon have National Cyber security Policy that will ensure appropriate measures to tackle cyber crime and cyber attacks, Indian Government officials said. "We are working on a cyber security policy. We need more work to curb cyber crimes," SiliconIndia News quoted Minister for Communications and Information […]
Suit: 185K spyware images sent to rental computersSuit: 185K spyware images sent to rental computers
An interesting article in Yahoo News tech section : PITTSBURGH (AP) — Spyware installed on computers leased from furniture renter Aaron's Inc. secretly sent 185,000 emails containing sensitive information — including pictures of nude children and people having sex — back to the company's corporate computers, according to court documents filed Wednesday in a class-action […]
Old School Malware Writers Resurface With 'MiniDuke' Cyberattack
an interesting article in Fobes about malwware: Have old school malware writers resurfaced? According to Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky they have, and they are behind the newest cyber attack against governments in Europe through a malware code the Russian internet security firm dubbed “MiniDuke.” In a statement on their Securelist website, Kaspersky said miniduke […]
FedRAMP is proving to be a tough test for cloud providers
FedRAMP is proving to be a tough test for cloud providers
A Closer Look at How FEDRAMP Certification Assures Cloud Security
A Closer Look at How FEDRAMP Certification Assures Cloud Security
Revealed: Stuxnet “beta’s” devious alternate attack on Iran nuke program
Revealed: Stuxnet “beta’s” devious alternate attack on Iran nuke program
Smartphones, Foolish Security Choices
An Interesting article from information week in there Security section: People with smartphones could be smarter in their security practices. One smartphone user in every four, according to security firm AVG Technologies, stores intimate photos on a smartphone or tablet, a practice that makes a lost or stolen device a potential privacy problem. AVG didn't specifically […]
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 […]