Google adds phishing URL alerts into network tool
Google has added notification for phishing URLs to its service that lets administrators know if their networks have been compromised.
Jeremy Kirk | 15 Oct | Read more
Google has added notification for phishing URLs to its service that lets administrators know if their networks have been compromised.
Jeremy Kirk | 15 Oct | Read more
The European Union is planning to hold a cybersecurity exercise across its 27 member states next month, the start of what officials hope will be greater cooperation in defending computer networks.
Jeremy Kirk | 13 Oct | Read more
The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for allegedly stealing money from online bank accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 02 Oct | Read more
A U.K. company is seeking to displace penetration testing companies with an appliance and software that can frequently test whether security devices are catching bad network traffic and exploits.
Jeremy Kirk | 28 Sep | Read more
Twitter has put a stop to a worm that posted obscene messages to victims' Twitter feeds. It's the second worm attack the site has suffered in a week.
Jeremy Kirk | 27 Sep | Read more
Researchers are seeing an uptick in the number of spam-related domains from Russian registrars, a sign that cybercriminals are choosing those providers due to lax enforcement.
Jeremy Kirk | 24 Sep | Read more
It may be difficult for enterprises to figure out how much they should spend on IT security, but research analyst Gartner has statistics on how much their peers are spending.
Jeremy Kirk | 23 Sep | Read more
A serious security flaw was apparently found on Twitter on Tuesday but was quickly fixed.
Jeremy Kirk | 22 Sep | Read more
The developers of the uTorrent file-sharing application have released an updated version that fixes a problem that could allow an attacker to load malicious code onto a user's computer.
Jeremy Kirk | 30 Aug | Read more
Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.
Jeremy Kirk | 26 Aug | Read more
Intel said Thursday it plans to acquire security vendor McAfee in a cash deal valued at about $US7.68 billion and aimed at enhancing the chip maker's mobile strategy.
Jeremy Kirk | 19 Aug | Read more
Researchers at Russian security company Kaspersky Lab say they've discovered the first malicious software program to target Google's Android mobile operating system.
Jeremy Kirk | 12 Aug | Read more
Russian password-cracking company Elcomsoft has released new software that can in some instances figure out the password used to encrypt backed-up iPhone data.
Jeremy Kirk | 06 Aug | Read more
Wikileaks has turned back on its system that allows whistleblowers to securely submit documents to the site after it was down for maintenance, according to the organization's blog.
Jeremy Kirk | 21 Jul | Read more
A surprising percentage of organizations are still running desktops with the XP Service Pack 2 OS, which Microsoft said it would no longer patch as of Tuesday this week.
Jeremy Kirk | 19 Jul | Read more