In the accelerating race against viruses and malware, a trade-off we are seeing more frequently are the false-positives. Companies like Avast, McAfee, and others have all experienced them and last week was Sophos' turn. The company's anti-virus software would report that "'Virus/spyware' Shh/Updater-B has been detected and moved to quarantine" on Windows computers. … [Read more...]
Mobile Pwn2Own 2012 shows Galaxy S III and iPhone 4S hack
At the EUSecWest 2012 conference, a Mobile Pwn2Own is taking place to test vectors on smartphones mobile web browsers, operating systems, NFC, SMS, and cellular baseband. Prizes are offered to the security researchers able to compromise the device. They will be rewarded with a cash prize and the device itself. A successful attack against these devices must require little or no … [Read more...]
Malwarebytes launches Enterprise Edition
Malwarebytes has announced an enterprise edition of their well-known antimalware product. MalwareBytes is a free malware scanner for home use with a paid counterpart that enables real-time protection and other features. The company has also reorganized their products with Malwarebytes Small Business for less than 100 endpoints and now has Malwarebytes Enterprise Edition for … [Read more...]
Cyanide & Happiness explains insecure security questions
Today's Cyanide & Happiness comic provides a good example of choosing bad security questions. Using information that others know or can easily find out is providing a very insecure passage into your accounts. The same precautions you take toward choosing a secure password should be used toward answering your security questions. If the provided questions like "Mother's … [Read more...]
The 2012 Norton Cybercrime Report
Norton has published their 2012 Cybercrime Report. It consists of 27 pages presented in infographic style on the theme of consumer cybercrime. The information is interesting and presented simply. Some might also be startling such as "2/3 online adults have been victimcs of cybercrime in their lifetime." It might be able to make some people reconsider risky behavior and start … [Read more...]