The Global Cyber War from MentalWardPublishing.com presented free by McGuinnessPublishing.com
Attackers targeting Google and a host of other U.S. companies recently used software that exploits a new hole in Internet Explorer, Microsoft said Thursday.
“Internet Explorer was one of the vectors” used in the attacks that Google disclosed earlier this week, Microsoft said in a statement. “To date, Microsoft has not seen widespread customer impact, rather [...] Read more »
Apple’s new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, a mobile security expert said on Thursday.
For one, if the iPad employs encryption the same way the iPhone does, sensitive personal data, including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, could be retrieved and [...] Read more »
Qualys is set to launch on Monday a free service for Web site operators that will scan their sites for malware.
As part of the service, QualysGuard Malware Detection crawls the pages of customer sites and looks for invisible iFrames, malicious JavaScript code, and other indications of a stealth threat to visitors and provides automated alerts [...] Read more »
An invitation to find out about better sex is spreading virally around Twitter – but only leads to identity theft and malware
Thousands of Twitter users have seen their accounts hijacked after a viral phishing attack which sends out messages saying “this you??” or “hey, i’ve been having better sex and longer with this here” and [...] Read more »
This week’s arrests of three men in connection with one of the world’s largest computer-virus networks may seem like great news — perhaps even a sign authorities are starting to win the war against cyberthieves.
But the real situation is more complicated.
Internet crime is up, but arrests of “mastermind” hackers are rare. And the whole get-the-bad-guys [...] Read more »
Malicious code that mysteriously found its way onto an internal virtual print server took out nearly 800 computers used by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
The code apparently was activated when workers shut down their computers, said Hap Cluff, IT director for the city of Norfolk. “It was triggered by the action of logging off,” he [...] Read more »
Facebook has given users more control over who gets to see video, virtual cards and other digital content shared using third-party programs at the leading social networking website.
Content sharing tools the site launched for profile pages in December are being extended to applications that outside developers make for the online community, according to Facebook engineer [...] Read more »
Yahoo’s partner in China has called the US internet giant “reckless” for supporting Google in its stand-off with Beijing over alleged cyber-attacks.
Yahoo said it was “aligned” with Google’s position that the violation of internet privacy was deeply disturbing and something that had to be opposed.
But an Alibaba Group spokesman said on Saturday it did not [...] Read more »
When I am asked the question “Which is more secure, Mac or PC?” I find myself stumbling around for a response because I don’t have a clear-cut answer. I use both. And I use antivirus software with both.
So I decided to conduct an informal survey of a bunch of security experts and see what they [...] Read more »
China has closed down what is believed to be the country’s biggest training website for hackers, state media has reported.
They say the site, Black Hawk Safety Net, gave lessons in hacking and sold downloads of malicious software.
The reports say three people suspected of running the site were arrested.
Hacking is a sensitive topic for China, especially [...] Read more »
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