Security News

Macro-based malware continues to gain traction (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 11:44

After having "rediscovered" the usefulness of MS Office macros, malware peddlers have been ramping up email spam runs delivering documents that request users to enable them. Those that do open the...

Half of all Android devices vulnerable to installer hijacking attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 10:44

A critical Android vulnerability that has been discovered over a year ago and responsibly disclosed to Google and other Android manufacturers can be exploited by attackers to trick users into download...

15,435 vulnerabilities across 3,870 applications were recorded in 2014 (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 10:24

In 2014, 15,435 vulnerabilities were discovered according to data from Secunia Research. The vulnerabilities are spread across 3,870 applications published by 500 different vendors, and these numbers ...

Implementing an effective risk management framework (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 08:36

In today’s marketplace, almost every employee is now a content contributor. Although beneficial to the collective of information available, this influx brings about new risk. Legal systems worldwide a...

Mobile apps are not being tested for insecure behavior (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 08:20

Enterprises are not doing nearly enough to understand which mobile app behaviors hitting their networks and data are risky, nor are they testing apps for those risky behaviors to ensure proper enforce...

One in three top Alexa websites is risky (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 08:07

Based on an analysis of the Alexa top one million sites, Menlo Security found that more than one in three of the top domains are either already compromised or running vulnerable software. In tota...

Organizations have little control over privileged access (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 07:53

Even though nearly half of IT decision makers admit they have employees with access rights not necessary to their current role, more than one out of four companies indicated they have no controls in p...