Mac malware inside BitTorrent app, signed with legit Apple developer ID
If you downloaded the legitimate BitTorrent client for Mac OS over the past few days, you may have installed a nasty backdoor, security experts have warned.
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The worst attacks are the ones you don't even know to look for
Network-security tools have long focused on identifying compromises that they recognise from past encounters, but what do you do about the attacks that you’ve never seen before – or even thought to look for?
David Braue | 02 Jun | Read more
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Microsoft to admins: don’t demand long, complex and frequently changed passwords
Microsoft has warned IT admins to against policies that require passwords that are too long, require multiple character sets, and force users to change them frequently.
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Opportunistic cybercriminals tweaking old threats for new targets: Forcepoint
Medium-sized businesses face a surging threat from opportunistic cybercriminals who are changing their strategies as large enterprises become more complex to penetrate, a security-strategy director has warned as new figures correlate declines in spam email with a resurgence in time-honoured document-based macro malware.
David Braue | 18 May | Read more
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Panama Papers fiasco reflects “extinction-level” risk from ignoring security basics: Trump
The recent massive hack of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca – and the publication of its trove of confidential information in a publicly-searchable format that has cast suspicions on everyone from David Cameron to Emma Watson to cybercriminals themselves – is the kind of “extinction-level event” that businesses should better prepare for when their viability is entirely based on trust, one security consultant has warned.
David Braue | 12 May | Read more
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The week in security: Quantum's encryption threat; price yourself out of hackers' reach
Claims that we're all vulnerable to targeting by cybercriminals have become part of conventional wisdom, but one security expert believes there's a way to keep yourself off the radar.
David Braue | 09 May | Read more
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VARs partnering on technological security skills gap but social skills gap proving harder to fix
Value-added resellers (VARs) across Australia and New Zealand are struggling to obtain adequate security skills, according to recent findings from industry organisation CompTIA, and most are looking to other firms to plug those holes rather than trying to hire staff themselves.
David Braue | 21 Apr | Read more
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The week in security: Cybercrims getting professional, ransomware getting nastier
Symantec's latest annual research suggested that the incidence of zero-days had doubled in 2015 – due in large part to the growing professionalism of cybercriminals developing new malware like the hybrid GozNym banking Trojan.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
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Explosion in ransomware, 0-days driven by cybercriminals' growing professionalism
Cybercriminals have become as professional as marketing experts and as well-resourced as nation-state hackers, a Symantec technical expert has warned as new figures suggest Australia remains the APAC region's top ransomware target.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
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WhatsApp switches on end-to-end encryption for all messages
Facebook’s WhatsApp has completed the roll out of end-to-end encryption for the messaging app to protect all content transmitted between contacts.
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Drivers targeted by GPS-based Phishing scam
Drivers in Pennsylvania are being targeted by GPS-based Phishing scam, but the source of the data isn't clear
Steve Ragan | 04 Apr | Read more
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The week in security: Home Depot's $26m mistake; Apple fights FBI on iPhones, ransomware on Macs
It was judgement day for US cybersecurity-breach victim Home Depot, which agreed to pay up to $US19.5 million ($A26.5m) as a remedy for the data breach it suffered in 2014. Its high-profile exposure will already be a case study in prudence for any business executive, with new figures suggesting that security and privacy concerns dominate concerns over cloud capabilities even as the technology sorts itself out.
David Braue | 14 Mar | Read more
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Cyber attacks against the US – the empire strikes back
John Carlin is an Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice in the US and runs the National Security Division. He is responsible for prosecuting cyber criminals in the United States that threaten the interests of the country. It was the first new litigation division created in 50 years and came from a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and pulled together several different government entities that, until then, didn’t share information easily.
Anthony Caruana | 23 Apr | Read more
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Security concerns will dampen cloud enthusiasm in 2015: WatchGuard
Ongoing concerns about the security of cloud-hosted data will drive many companies to put their cloud initiatives on the back burner in 2015, security firm WatchGuard has predicted as it singles out the most and least concerning security trends for the new year.
David Braue | 12 Dec | Read more
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In Pictures: 7 commonly overlooked ways to tighten cybersecurity
It's OK to be paranoid about every last detail when it comes to security.
Networkworld Staff | 19 Nov | Read more
