Amazon Cloud Hosts Malware
While it may be true that cloud computing is the "future," are will all great new things there are still some issues to be ironed out. It seems that it…
While it may be true that cloud computing is the "future," are will all great new things there are still some issues to be ironed out. It seems that it…
It was recently reported that nearly ever member (approximately 35 Million people) of a South Korean social networking site had their personal data exposed as the result of a hack…
Cloud computing is frequently presented as the future of how will interact with our data. More and more systems are moving to the various service routes, from software (such as…
A report in New Scientist magazine this week identifies a new threat to your information security, although it is unclear if this is in the wild yet. In the article,…
News reports are coming into today of a terrorist attack in Norway. It appears that a gunman opened fire on a youth conference on the island of Utoya, killing four…
Yesterday, the well known and heavily used internet search engine Google introduced a service by which it will warn users when it detects malware signatures on their computer. Working in…
According to a tweet by "AnonymouSabu" - apparently a hacker collective on twitter - the website of the Sun news paper has been hacked. The slightly more famous hacker collective…
We are all used to the phrase that security is important but is this something you really believe or are you paying lip-service to the notion? This is just as…
Phishing is an on-going threat to most businesses and home users. It is safe to assume that there will be a constant stream of phishing emails sent to pretty much…
Hot on the heels of Wordpress 3.2, a maintenance release update has been issued. As is normally the case, unless you have a strong reason not to, it is best…
Security is about protecting the things that are important to you. Most people know this. What matters is how you do your security. It is fairly well understood that if…
As part of our continuing effort to help raise security awareness and provide business with the tools to improve their own security posture, Halkyn Consulting has produced a security guide…
EU data security rules will be strengthened and made more consistent, under new legislation being drawn up by the EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding. Her proposals cover the full range of internet-based activities, from cloud computing and social media to banking and finance. They even include the consideration of establishing a “right to be forgotten” online. (more…)
Previously we mentioned a news item that claimed the International Monetary Fund had been the victim of a "spear phishing" security breach. It seems that this is far from an…