SecureWorks outlines its top ten tips for IT and security managers to minimize risk during the holiday season. 1. Hackers don’t go on holiday – Many frontline staff members are on holiday and resources are stretched, so the chance of a security breach not being detected is even higher than normal. Make sure you...
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Visitors to almost every major website are tracked online, a Journal investigation has found. But there are ways to limit the snooping. Web browsing activity is tracked by use of “cookies,” “beacons” and “Flash cookies,” small computer files or software programs installed on a user’s computer by the Web pages that are visited. Some...
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Specifically crafted .mov files trigger the download of malware masquerading as a codec update and an installation file for another player when run in the latest (7.6.6) version of QuickTime Player, TrendLabs reports. Researcher Marco Dela Vega says that both files pretend containing Salt, the latest Angelina Jolie movie, but that his suspicion was...
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Computerworld – Between one and four million users of Android phones have downloaded wallpaper apps that swipe personal data from the phone and transmit it to a Chinese-owned server, a mobile security firm said today. According to San Francisco-based Lookout, a large number of free wallpaper apps in the Android Market scrape the phone...
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Apple is being sued for iPads overheating and shutting off when left in direct sunlight. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Most gadget owners know that leaving any piece of electronic equipment in the direct sunlight isn’t a great idea. Now an iPad owner, who claims their touch-screen tablet overheats and turns off when left in the...
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