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Infosecurity Europe is Europe’s number one Information Security event. Featuring over 350 exhibitors, the most diverse range of new products and services,
===> an unrivalled education programme
and over 12,400 unique visitors from every segment of the industry, it is the most important date in the calendar for Information Security professionals across Europe.
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Security training firm KnowBe4 says it is has spotted a new social engineering scam appearing in internet users' mailboxes – the attack tries to scare recipients into opening the infected attachment by threatening to sue them for spamming.
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A cybercriminal organization is creating a superbotnet by sending out billions of malware-laden emails for an unknown purpose, according to Commtouch researcher Avi Turiel.
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The July security threats analysis from Eset claims that the infamous Win32/Conficker - along with INF/Autorun and in32/Sality - headed the top three malware chart for the month.
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The rate of unique web malware more than doubled in the second quarter, from 105,536 unique encounters of web malware in March 2011 to 287,298 unique encounters in June 2011, according to Cisco’s latest quarterly threat report.
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With the schools, colleges and universities now on their long summer holiday, an IT security researcher has warned of a timely malicious spam campaign centering on an 'incorrect' hotel transaction.
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Infosecurity (USA) - Australian report identifies cybersecurity gaps during Cyber Storm III exercise
An Australian report issued Monday found gaps in cybersecurity procedures and processes for both government and industry, based on a review of the US-sponsored Cyber Storm III exercise held last September.
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Hackers have increased their firepower by 30% when they go after websites, according to Imperva’s second Web Application Attack Report (WAAR).
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Mozilla has released version 7 of its popular Firefox browser, including fixes for 11 security flaws, 10 of which are rated critical.
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The prevalence and intensity of SQL injection attacks are increasing, according to Imperva's Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII) report.
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Researchers with the Department of Computer Science at North Caroline State University claim to have spotted the first rookit malware – DroidKungFu – that affects Android devices.
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A Computer Associates researcher has spotted a trojan for the Google Android platform that quietly records user's phone calls for later possible cybercriminal usage.
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A security researcher has discovered a potentially major security flaw in Facebook, apparently caused by the communication package/service's recently-launched close integration with Facebook.
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Many IT security professionals admit to shutting off security functionality to improve network performance, according to a survey by network security platform provider Crossbeam Systems.
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Critical Thinking:
When someone connects to the Internet (s)he needs (he doesn't see it BTW) to connect trough different other service located in the US and somewhere else before (s)he gets his Internet connection (right!?), SO (s)he needs to pass through a lot of different services...
When searching a website on Internet one mostly finds some located in countries where "Security" isn't really taken that serious and one risks an infection of the connected device (right!?) when connecting device (computer, anyOs, SmartPhone, tablet, BYOD)!
Here is a list of the countries who host the most Malware on a global view:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=TOP+20+countries+whit+malware+resources
I would wish to see the Day that when someone connects to the Internet I would see ===> YOUR visited website, blog (or other...) is secure! (without a Third Party Program!) Even if my connecting device would NOT be protected, in this case I would like to see displayed ===> YOUR connecting device is NOT protected! We suggest to YOU to check the following... to make it protected! <===
That would be what the Internet in 21st Century MUST be!