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FAQ: Phishing tactics and how attackers get away with it
Phishing attacks on enterprises can be calamitous in terms of compromised networks or damaged brand names, and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), which aggregates and analyzes phishing trends data worldwide, offers some of the best insight from industry into what's occurring globally in terms of this cybercrime.
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Apple acquires mapping apps startup WiFiSlam
Apple has acquired mapping startup WiFiSlam, which is developing an indoor location service for smartphones, Apple said Monday.
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Top US defense designer bought pirated software from Russians, Chinese
The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters.
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iPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending March 15
Keep in mind Professor Trelawney's divination class at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft Wizardry, and much of what happened in the iOSphere this week becomes clear.
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LinkedIn beats back lawsuit seeking damages for major password breach
Professional social networking service LinkedIn won the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of premium users who had their log-in passwords exposed as a result of a security breach of the company's servers last year.
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Pirated iOS apps can now be installed without jailbreak
Reports have surfaced that new systems allow users to install unofficial pirated software on an iOS device without having to first jailbreak the device
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BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt encryption weakened by new attack tool
Russian password-cracking wizards ElcomSoft have announced a new product that can retrieve decryption keys for BitLocker, PGP and open source favourite TrueCrypt as long as the encrypted volumes were not securely demounted.
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Malware is targeting Java HTTP servers
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro have uncovered a piece of backdoor-type malware that infects Java-based HTTP servers and allows attackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying systems.
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Adobe confirms Connectusers.com forum hack and shuts down website
Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised.
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'Password' still most popular pa55w0rd, but watch out for 'ninja'
The world is changing and the tech world is changing in particular, but one thing remains the same. A lot of people use terrible passwords.
