Brand new security offering from ESET wins accolades from reviewers

November 26, 2014

Sobering statistics on the cost of cybercrime published by the InfoSec Institute last year says that the average annual cost of cybercrime increased by 26% over the previous year to $11.56 million USD, ranging from $1.3 million to $58 million per organization. The report also highlights that recovery and detection as the most costly internal … More Brand new security offering from ESET wins accolades from reviewers

‘Citadel’ trojan attacking password managers

November 25, 2014

Using password managers is often recommended as good practice in order to prevent overusing the same logins, but a new malware has been uncovered that specifically targets the password managers that hold all the variants. Neowin reports that the malware – named ‘Citadel’ – is “highly evasive”, and can lay dormant on infected computers for … More ‘Citadel’ trojan attacking password managers

First exploitation of Internet Explorer ‘Unicorn bug’ in-the-wild

November 20, 2014

Microsoft released a patch last week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2014-6332, and discovered by an IBM X-Force security researcher, is significant because it exploits an old bug present in Internet Explorer versions 3 through 11. This means that most, if not all, Internet Explorer … More First exploitation of Internet Explorer ‘Unicorn bug’ in-the-wild

WhatsApp gets tough on security

November 20, 2014

The popular messaging service WhatsApp has stepped up security for users of its consumer messaging service by adopting end-to-end encryption. In what represents the largest rollout of this level of encryption in any messaging system worldwide, according to the BBC, WhatsApp integrated Open Whisper Systems’ TextSecure software – which will be turned on by default for Android … More WhatsApp gets tough on security

Public Wi-Fi hotspots – know the risks

November 17, 2014

Using public Wi-Fi can be risky – and security experts such as Europol’s Troels Oerting have even suggested it’s TOO risky, and that we should abandon public Wi-Fi hotspots altogether. If your computer happens to be filled with trade secrets (or any business data for that matter), that’s probably a good idea – your colleagues … More Public Wi-Fi hotspots – know the risks