The design similarities between the recently-publicised Duqu malware and the infamous Stuxnet worm that caused widespread alarm more than a year ago have been hugely exaggerated, an analysis by Dell SecureWorks has concluded.
The essence of the company…
Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they’ve ported from a nine-year-old Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts.
The malware, dubbed “Tsunami,” has been circulating in limited numbers since last week, said research…
Speaking at a news briefing today, China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said claims that China was behind the hacks, which occurred in 2007 and 2008, are “untrue”. The spokesperson added, according to Reuters, which attended the briefing, that …
Oracle published survey results today showing user perceptions of their security when using a smartphone.
The paper, “Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications – Take Two”, provided some interesting results, mainly that smartphone user…
As CIO and managing director of Morrison and Foerster-ranked among the 50 largest law firms in the world by revenue-Neeraj Rajpal is responsible for implementing strategic and tactical global IT and for managing records initiatives for the firm’s 1,200…
A clever phishing email is making its way around the Web, attempting to trick people into handing over their Apple user name and password to view a purported update to their iTunes account.
With the subject “Account Info Change,” the email appears to c…
Microsoft Research has revealed a potential flaw in verifiable e-voting machines through which fraudsters could easily use discarded ballot receipts as a guide for altering votes. Fortunately, the researchers also offered a solution — linking new rece…
At least 48 chemical and defence companies were victims of a coordinated cyberattack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp.
Computers belonging to these companies were infected with malicious…
A new Trojan horse hidden in a Mac OS X application can steal sensitive user data and take control of the computer’s GPU to generate Bitcoins, a form of currency used online.
In a report released on Saturday, security firm Sophos said that DevilRobbe…
Juniper Networks’ suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the company has provided its SSL VPN software for Google’s Android OS.
Juniper is making its Junos Pulse and J…
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