Business NewsInformation security digest: July 18 – August 18, 2013
Apple Developer Center down for a week It took Apple about a week to restore the functions of the Apple Developer Center following its crash on July 18. After about
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threatsThreats in Q2 2013: 100,000+ malicious apps for mobile devices
Kaspersky Lab has published its report on the evolution of threats in the second quarter of 2013. This period has been marked with a number of security incidents of different
cloud servicesTransparent opacity: retrieving confidence in cloud services
Using leased infrastructure for storing large amounts of data has been typical for several years. Leased capacities provide an advantage by allowing businesses to greatly reduce the cost of tending
androidMaster Key vulnerabilities in Android: countermeasures and attempts to exploit
Part two. The first part is available here. Risks associated with the vulnerabilities Bluebox reported that the vulnerabilities could be used to attain root rights in the system providing
Master keys: Android vulnerabilities allow applications to bypass the system check
The second half of July roused Android users as two very serious and unpleasant vulnerabilities were discovered. Researchers announced these so-called “master keys,” i.e. universal access to any Android device,
SIM Cards Encryption Vulnerability: The Scope of the Problem
On July 31st at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Security Research Lab’s (SRL) Karsten Nohl presented research on the SIM security flaw. Nohl experimentally demonstrated the vulnerability, which
AppleA Strange Hack at Apple’s Developer Center
Today the news of the hacking of resources at a major IT company does not really come as a surprise to anyone. Unfortunately, attacks like this now happen more often
Seven myths of corporate IT security
Myths and prejudices are inevitable companions to any branch of knowledge, and the information security sphere is no exception, no matter how practical it is. This article will briefly touch
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows received the merit of excellence from Dennis Technology Labs
Dennis Technology Labs assessed our solution for corporate networks protection Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows as the best in its class. The testing was done by DTL in April-June 2013,
California Attorney General urges companies to encrypt
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently published a report on data breaches in 2012. One might ask why the Attorney General is concerned with data security issues so much
Information security digest 24.06-12.07
Every fifth attack, every third bank Every fifth phishing attack over the past year focused on banking and financial institutions. These results come out of a study published by Kaspersky
Hot summer of 2012
In addition to the above examples, there were two other large scale and highly scandalous invasions in July and August of last year. The victims were users of the popular
IT Security Incidents in the Education Sector
Contemporary educational institutions in the US are now as computerized as any corporation or government agency and, in the case of technologically oriented universities, sometimes to an even greater extent.
Seven big leaks: who let the users’ data out
Last week members of CMS Drupal received terrifying news regarding a very serious problem – a massive data breach. The breach included leaked usernames, email addresses, users’ countries of residence
“The Phantom” of the Opera: Trojan signed with stolen certificate
On June 19, Opera Software, the developer of one of the most popular Internet browsers- mainly used on mobile devices, admitted that the company’s internal network infrastructure was attacked and
Hackers against retailers
The large American supermarket chain, Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, which is comprised of 120 stores in California and Nevada, became the target of a “complex criminal cyber-attack.” The company
The gap in the fence: the most popular software is the most vulnerable
Imagine the following situation: there is huge disbursement of emails with innocent looking MS Word document attachments sent to the mailboxes of a company’s employees. Some of these employees have
BYODUnderstanding the typical scope of BYOD Threats: Part Two
Continued from Part I Smartphones and Tablets Smartphones and tablets are no different from PCs in terms of the amount of corporate data stored on them. E-mail access, corporate documents,
Understanding Typical Scope of BYOD Threats
New technological business trends are almost always about investment. First you pay money and after that, if you get lucky, you make your employees happier, achieve tighter security of business