Security News

Fake PayPal app is going after German users' banking credentials (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 09:17

An email spam run impersonating PayPal is actively targeting German Android users and trying to trick them into downloading what is ostensibly the official PayPal app, but is actually a banking Trojan...

Exposing fraud behavior patterns associated with compromised identities (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 08:00

Timeliness of detection and diversity of data sources are critical factors in countering attempts to compromise consumer identities, according to ID:A Labs. Understanding fraud mobility, the patter...

With unprotected keys and certificates, businesses lose customers (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 07:45

Unprotected and poorly managed keys and certificates result in a loss of customers, costly outages, failed audits, and security breaches, according to The Ponemon Institute and Venafi. Businesses...

Employee use of cloud services puts business data at risk (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 07:20

UK companies are placing themselves at risk of cyberattacks and data breaches as a result of rampant use of cloud storage services and unclear or non-existent corporate policies. The survey, conduc...

New, improved Ghost Push variants continue to target Android users (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 07:00

The danger of apps Trojanized with Ghost Push malware is far from over - according to Trend Micro researchers, the number of variants of the hard-to-remove malware has soared in September. Cheetah ...

Unsurprisingly, companies are not protecting personal information (Help Net Security)
2015-10-02 07:00

According to a global survey of privacy and risk professionals, more than half of the 780 respondents say consumers should not feel confident that companies are adequately protecting their information...