Items Tagged with "malware"
There's an App for That
March 15, 2011 Added by:Ron Baklarz
The App Genome Project was created as an ongoing effort to provide insight into mobile market dynamics, gain insight into how mobile apps access personal data and sensitive capabilities on mobile devices, and identify security threats in the wild...
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Stuxnet Prompts Iran to Recruit Cyber Warriors
March 15, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“There are many true believers in Iran who are highly educated and very savvy with computers. Cyberwarfare is cheap, effective and doesn’t necessarily cause fatalities. It makes sense for not-so-wealthy nation states to build up cyber warfare capability rather than investing in missiles...”
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Planning Enterprise Security at the Design Stage
March 11, 2011 Added by:Rahul Neel Mani
Carlos Solari Vice President Cyber Technology and Services, CSC in an exclusive conversation with Rahul Neel Mani speaks on how organizations should deal with their security framework at the design stage...
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Zeus and SpyEye Botmasters Attack Security Sites
March 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"A series of discussions on an uber-exclusive Russian language forum that caters to identity and credit card thieves reveal that botmasters are becoming impatient in their search for a solution that puts Hüssy and/or his tracking services out of commission once and for all..."
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Digital Kinetic Attacks: Botnets Have Self Destruct Sequence
March 08, 2011 Added by:Scot Terban
Truly, we are seeing the next generation of early digital warfare at this scale. I expect that in the near future we will see more nastiness surface, and I think it highly likely in the post Stuxnet world, that all of the players are now thinking in much more complex terms on attacks and defenses...
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DDoS Attack Utilizes Self-Destructing Botnet
March 08, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"One thing is clear: This is a serious piece of malware. It uses resilience techniques to avoid a takedown and even has destructive capabilities in its payload. This year is quickly shaping up to be a period of serious attacks and escalations on the cyberfrontier..."
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Zeus Trojan Migrates to Blackberry OS
March 07, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The malware allows remote access of infected Blackberry devices by the attacker, who can then change the SMS message default number, add a new device administrator, control blocked call lists, and even turn the device on and off...
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Cyber Crime Costs Over $1 Trillion Globally?
March 06, 2011 Added by:Danny Lieberman
The UK government report UK Cyber crime costs UKP 27BN/year published on the BBC’s website offers a top-level breakdown of the costs of cybercrime to Britain and is one of the most dubious reports I have seen recently in a long list of security-vendor and political hype around the cyber crime story...
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Trojan Utilizes Modified Security Solution Code
March 04, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Kingsoft WebShield has the ability to lock the home page to a specific domain as well as to redirect URLs based entirely on plain text configuration files... a person with malicious intent can repackage it using malicious configuration files and use this as a home-made Trojan package..."
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Five Tips to Keep Your Android Phone Secure
March 04, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Whenever you download or update an app, you are given a list of permissions for that app. That alarm clock app you are looking at probably shouldn't need to be looking through your contacts. The general rule of thumb is if an app is asking for more than it does, you should probably skip it...
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Tatanarg Banking Trojan Steals Zeus Data and More
March 03, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"In addition to being able to just steal information, it also offers a back door, allowing a remote attacker to issue various commands to control the infected computer. Commands range from listing and terminating processes, clearing browser cookies, executing arbitrary programs..."
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One in Five Search Engine Topics Lead to Malware
March 03, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Attackers focus on where they can get the most eyeballs and profit, and today that means social networks and search engines. As a community we often point to the need for user education as the missing component..."
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Majority of Workers Plug Unknown USBs Into Office PCs
March 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“The Stuxnet worm, the first ‘industrial’ virus, was well-known for spreading via unsecure USB sticks. Furthermore, even if unprotected USB sticks are not infected with viruses or worms, they can contain sensitive corporate data, leaking important information to external organizations"...
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Attackers Utilize Emerging Technologies
March 01, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Attackers know the limits of traditional security solutions, but they are also very good at taking advantage of emerging technologies and new vectors for attack. Standalone user applications, social engineering attacks, and the move to HTTPS all have the potential to introduce new threats"...
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mCrime Perfectly Positioned to Pounce in 2011
February 28, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
The initial concerns involve rogue apps and phishing messages designed to extract credit card numbers and login credentials. As mCrime evolves and criminals begin to make some money, they will have the resources to hire crackerjack programmers to do their deeds...
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Dispelling Myths about Apple Products and Viruses
February 28, 2011 Added by:Theresa Payton
The myth that Apple products are impervious to viruses is almost like a virus in and of itself. Only instead of infecting Apple products, it is infecting the way Apple users think about the product. This “myth” continues to mislead Apple users into believing they are safe from viruses...