A network of thousands of compromised computers that is being used to harvest online banking details has been uncovered in the UK. The so-called botnet is made up of around 100,000 machines, according to researchers in Israel. Cyber criminals in Eastern Europe, who have control of the machines, are collecting personal data from the...
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Sophos announced SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac, which protects against data breaches of confidential and private information on MacBooks and Macs. Today, businesses are increasingly adding more Macs to their network. It’s not just small businesses, graphic design agencies, and academic institutions using Mac computers. According to a recent Gartner report, IT departments at...
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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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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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