The Gmail downtime experienced today may have caused a nasty ruckus by frustrated users, but unknown to these users is an issue bigger than not being able to access email messages. In the midst of the commotion brought about by the outage lasting only a few hours, cybercriminals managed to squeeze in an attempt [...]
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Xbox Live users, specifically winning players, are being targeted by hackers. Researchers believe that the attacks are done so other Xbox Live users could get back at the players who beat them in a game. A BBC report explains that the tools used in this hacking attack do not target the Xbox Live network [...] At about 11pm GMT last night, 24th Feb, I heard people complaining that they were being sent unsolicited instant messages from their friends over a number of networks including Facebook, Google Chat, and AOL Instant Messenger. The messages weren’t sent by their friends, rather by cybercriminals who were using compromised accounts in order to [...] As more and more people bring personal technology into the workplace-most often smartphones–malicious code writers are beginning to take notice and target these weak points of entry. In its 2009 Cyber Threat Report, the Georgia Tech Information Security Center cited the possibility of botnets moving from the desktop to the smartphone within the year. A [...] Check Point is in the midst of a major overhaul of its security software architecture so customers can pick and choose the applications they want and dedicate computing resources to each depending on the performance they want to guarantee. Read entire article |
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