Monday, 21 May 2012
F-Secure, the global leader in providing security as a service through Internet Service Providers and mobile operators, announced results from its annual Online Wellbeing Survey. This third-party survey of Internet users aged 20-40 in the United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany – and for the first time – Italy, India and Hong Kong, tested the respondents’ knowledge of online security issues (their ‘security IQ’).
F-Secure Security Response Labs has spotted a worm on Facebook posting as an application called "Error Check System", which spread itself over the weekend utilizing misleading messages.
Fortinet - a network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced its February 2009 Threatscape Report, which shows activities by a super worm, an emerging botnet, a sexy mobile threat and a steady uptick in spam, featuring Valentine’s- and economy-related themes.
With the worsening economic situation, unemployment figures have risen worldwide and millions of people are searching for jobs online. And this has become the focus of spammers’ warped version of an economic stimulus plan.
Trojans account for half of malware found in BitDefender's latest top e-threats list for August 2009.
Scare stories of the rogue Facebook application are driving computer users to search the net for more information and are getting sent to malicious websites.
The new virus infecting jailbroken iPhones is the most serious virus to date; Sophos cracks password for infected iPhones.
BitDefender recently identified a new threat that combines the destructive behavior of a virus with the spreading mechanisms of a worm. The virus has two known variants that enter computers as harmless IQ tests.
Need a step by step solution to help improve Windows Server 2003 security against virus threats? In this tip, Jonathan Hassell lays down a 15 step guide to harden your server's operating system.
Cisco has announced the findings for the Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report, which highlights the rise of Spam, the lax attitude towards enforcing rules on social media use, and the potential danger of popular 'virtual farms'.
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MasterCard tackles BYOD with strict conditions
More than a year into its bring-your-own-device program, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30 percent of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work.
HID Global deploys a centralized, web-based IP access control solution at Fuxi Power Plant
Unable to meet the needs for real-time monitoring with its traditional patrol system, China's Fuxi Power Plant has deployed HID Global's VertX V2000.
