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Wikipedia analysis could help traders anticipate market movement
Wikipedia could provide traders with an early warning of stock market movements, according to a university study.
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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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Infosec 2013: SecurEnvoy falls back on fixed line to improve two-factor authentication reliability
SecurEnvoy has upgraded its SMS-based system for two-factor authentication with the ability for users to receive one-time passwords via a landline telephone call and enter them using the telephone keys.
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University's email blacklisted after spammers hijack student accounts
The University of Illinois has had its email domain blacklisted after phishing scammers managed to compromise the email accounts of dozens of students and staff in a short period of time, the institution has said.
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Google fully implements security feature on DNS lookups
Google has fully implemented a security feature that ensures a person looking up a website isn't inadvertently directed to a fake one.
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AT&T hacker ?Weev? sentenced to 41 months for iPad leak
Alleged hacker Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer has been given an unforgiving prison sentence of 41 months for his part in the hugely embarrassing 2010 compromise of 114,000 iPad-using AT&T customers.
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JPMorgan Chase customers see zero balances after technical glitch
Customers of JPMorgan Chase reported seeing zero balances in their accounts both online and on mobile, and speculated that the bank's systems had been hacked into.
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Telenor executives targeted by major industrial espionage attack
Norway?s national telecoms provider Telenor has been hit by a major case of industrial espionage with attackers stealing a sizable cache of files and emails from unnamed executives, local media have reported.
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'NotCompatible' Android malware rears its ugly head, again
The "NotCompatible" malware, designed to infect Android devices and turn them into unwitting Web proxies, is suddenly showing a sharp uptick in activity, according to mobile security vendor Lookout.
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Colin Powell's Facebook page hacked to spout anti-Bush invective
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has become the latest well-known figure to have a social media account hijacked by pranksters using the takeover to spout embarrassingly profane opinions.
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