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Friday, 13 Apr, 2012
Earlier this week I
reported on the Java Flashback malware that has been targeting Mac OS X users. Apple has in the last few days developed a Flashback malware Java removal tool for those who might have been infected with this malware. I suggest you
download* and install this Java software update immediately. This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application.
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Friday, 13 Apr, 2012
Anonymous is informing businesses that it opposes CISPA and has posted a video of a downed web site – US Telecom, as part of its ongoing anti-CISPA campaign. It has also recently downed the Boeing website. Both these companies have publicly supported CISPA.
April 11th, 2012 CISPA (
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) promises to raise lots of eyebrows given it is being co-sponsored by over 100 companies. Some of these companies include Facebook and Microsoft. This act allows private businesses and the US government to share information about cyber threats to
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Friday, 13 Apr, 2012
Over 600,000 Macs globally were reported last week by a leading security vendor to be infected with a Mac botnet. A couple of hundred of these infected Mac systems ironically were found to be based in Cupertino,
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Friday, 13 Apr, 2012
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack (SP) 3 like all SP releases is an optional update. If you use Microsoft Office 2007, then it’s important you make sure that you have the latest service pack release. For Office
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Friday, 13 Apr, 2012
The UK is about to introduce a new law (late 2013 I suspect) that allows police and the intelligence community increased powers to monitor email and social media communications. The new surveillance system will involve Internet Service Providers
SQL Injection Testing for Business Purposes
by Michael Thumann, Frank Block, Timo Schmid
SQL injection attacks have been well known for a long time and many people think that developers should have fixed these issues years ago, but having conducted web
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Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2012
7 Reasons to Use a Network Scanner
Two pieces of advice I was given long ago by a security guru are “Know your enemy” and “Know yourself”. ‘Your enemy’ is the malicious attacker who is scanning your network
What is Cyber War?
by Keith DeBus
In just a brief fifteen years, our communication, commercial and social lives have been dramatically altered by the development and growth of the Internet. With the convenience and bounty of this medium, has also come
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Friday, 30 Mar, 2012
Adobe has this week updated Adobe Flash Player to version 11.2.202.228 which is only available for Windows users. Along with the customary security tweaks, it comes with a much needed background updater. The background updater (by stealth or silent
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Friday, 30 Mar, 2012
Mozilla (the developers behind the Firefox browser) are in early stage development of an open source mobile and tablet operating system called Boot to Gecko (B2G). The key differentiator of this mobile OS is that they are
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Friday, 30 Mar, 2012
Mobile security company Lookout recently published a survey that claims US citizens lost $30 billion worth of mobile devices in 2011. The Lookout
survey makes it very clear that on average every US
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Friday, 30 Mar, 2012
Facebook on Friday 23rd March warned employers around the world that requesting job applicants to provide their Facebook password is in breach of its Terms and will likely cause legal issues. Facebook has seen an increase in
