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McAfee Report Cites Citadel Threat
Cyberspace grew both more dangerous and irritating in the first quarter of the year, according to McAfee Labs’ threat report for the period. In a report issued this week, the tech security company sounded a special warning about the Citadel Trojan, which has been updated to extract personal information from victims.
Posted in Cloud Security, Security Threats
Tagged cybercriminal, malware, retro-malware, spam
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IBM: Web Application Vulnerabilities Threaten The Enterprise
Web application vulnerabilities remained one of enterprises most pressing issues, rising 14% in 2012 over 2011 end of year numbers, according to a recent report. These vulnerabilities were exploited by attackers who, more often then not, injected malicious scripts and executables onto legitimate websites, targeting client side vulnerabilities in the browser core and in plugins such as those in Internet … Read more
Posted in Application Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Mobile Security, Network Security, Security Management, Security Threats, Uncategorized
Tagged DDoS, DDoS Attacks, IBM X-Force 2012 Annual Trend and Risk Report, malware, security information and event managemetn (SIEM), spam
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Is Spam Increasing? A Look At Some New March Campaigns
Seeing more spam? You’re not alone. Global spam increased 64 percent last month, according to Cisco’s IronPort Threat Operations Center. And the election of a new Pope hasn’t quelled the unholy barrage of junk and malicious email. Barracuda Networks caught more than 400,000 emails purporting to be CNN news updates with salacious Pontiff-related headlines. One click, and the user is … Read more
Posted in Network Security, Security Threats, Uncategorized
Tagged email security, malicious email attachments, malware, spam
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Spam Levels are Down, But Targeted Attacks via Email are Up
Less spam in your inbox: Good news. More spam geared towards targeted attacks: Not so good… In the wake of multiple large-scale botnet take-downs in 2011 and 2012, the over all volume of general spam traffic decreased significantly (53%), but targeted attacks via email are on the uptick according to researchers from German e-mail security provider Eleven. The percentage of … Read more
Posted in Security Threats
Tagged Enterprise Security, malware, spam, spear-phishing, targeted attacks
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First-ever smart phone botnet indicates mobile crimeware is coming of age
The discovery of an apparent botnet comprising Android devices opens up yet another chapter in the developing march of mayhem in the smart phone world. More and more, we are seeing cyber criminals taking advantage of profit opportunities on mobile devices.
