Security News

Week in review: Apple closes OS X backdoor, cyber crooks go after enterprise millions, and what happens to data after a breach (Help Net Security)
2015-04-13 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: How to protect from threats against USB enabled devices USB can be an effective and simple route to infection. To...

TorLocker victims can decrypt most files without paying ransom (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 13:19

Crypto-ransomware rarely means good news for targets, but when it comes to TorLocker malware (detected as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Scraper by Kaspersky Lab), the victims can decrypt most of the encrypted f...

Beware of malicious "Internal ONLY" emails (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 12:30

Malware peddlers are once again trying to trick users into downloading malware by sending out fake emails impersonating domain administrators. The email, with "Internal ONLY" in the subject line, p...

Latest OS X update closes backdoor that allows root access (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 11:26

On Thursday Apple released another batch of updates for a variety of its products. The security update for OS X Yosemite (10.10.3) includes a fix for a four-year-old "backdoor API to root privileges" ...

Test your cybersecurity knowledge and decision-making skills (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 09:00

CIOs have watched data security rise on their list of priorities as the number of sophisticated, targeted cyberattacks continue to escalate. To educate audiences who are tasked with thwarting attacks,...