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Know Your Enemies Online [INFOGRAPHIC]

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:32 +0000

Because of users’ various connections and sharing habits, the Internet has become a social hub similar to a virtual neighborhood. However, not everyone on the Internet wants to socialize and create connections. There are people out there who craft online threats designed to steal your precious information, like your email address, social security details, [...]

BKDR_POISON: More Challenges Ahead

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:02:30 +0000

Last year, the security industry was plagued by a series of APT reports, which included the “Nitro Attack”. The backdoor used here is known as PoisonIvy or BKDR_POISON. Its builder is available online. Security vendors have then taken measures to counter this threat to help customers battle against similar infections in the future. However, [...]

How SCADA highlights the futility of finding security vulnerabilities

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:01:22 +0000

Pete Lindstrom argues that ‘irresponsible’ disclosure of security holes in SCADA systems could put human lives at risk and calls on the security research community to start thinking about the vulnerability problem in different ways.

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Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:01:52 +0000

One of Apple’s chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac computers have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware, at least when compared to Windows-based PCs. But that advantage may have been more difficult to maintain in 2011–at least, according to a new report from security firm Intego.

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Towards A More Secure Industrial Control Systems Security Posture

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:01:14 +0000

ICS (Industrial Control Systems) Networks have been really big news lately, due to a spate of vulnerabilities, high-publicized breaches, and various other security concerns. ICS Networks are defined as networks or collections of networks that consist of elements that control and provide telemetry data on electromechanical components. Such components include valves, regulators, switches, and other [...]

2011: The Year of Data Breaches

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:01:30 +0000

2011 was rife with both challenges and wins not only for Trend Micro but also for the rest of the security industry and our fellow cybercrimefighters in law enforcement. True to one of our predictions, 2011 has been dubbed the “Year of Data Breaches,” as we witnessed organizations worldwide succumb to targeted breach attacks and [...]

‘Remove Facebook Timeline’ themed scam circulating on Facebook

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:01:33 +0000

According to InsideFacebook, scammers are exploiting the negative sentiments surrounding Facebook’s Timeline, and are currently spamvertising bogus pages attempting to trick end users into removing their Timeline profile.More from InsideFaacebook.comWe have found 16 Timeline-related scam pages, which have collectively gained more than 71,000 likes. The largest, with nearly 19,000 likes, has been around for [...]

Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:01:46 +0000

Amit Klein, CTO of the security firm Trusteer, predicts that social engineering attacks against enterprises will be on the rise in 2012. The problem is that too many people disclose too much personal information on social networks, and this gives thieves the leverage they need to gain and then abuse people’s trust.

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How Big will the Android Malware Threat Be in 2012?

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:01:24 +0000

In August 2011, we released our Snapshot of Android Threats, which stated that there was a significant increase in the number of Trojanized Android apps and actual malware targeting the Android platform. In our 12 Security Predictions For 2012, we mentioned that smartphone and tablet platforms, especially Android, will suffer from more cybercriminal attacks. In [...]

2011 in Review: Security Wins

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:12:33 +0000

…if there’s actual evidence, I have no doubt that law enforcement will act. However, I think this is highly unlikely. —Konstantin Poltev (spokesman of Esthost/Rove Digital), October 13, 2008 In the past, some cybercriminals have been so brazen that they publicly declared chances they will ever be caught are slim. Today, however, it is time [...]