A survey issued by G Data Security Labs shows that even though in the first six months of the year 1.2 million new pieces of malware were identified, users still fail to install security solutions on their devices while utilizing the internet.
The figures show that while almost half the internet users rely on paid ... |
9 November 2011
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Panda Labs issued their third quarter report in which they highlight the increase of malware, the activity of the infamous Anonymous hacktivists and other interesting security related issues.
The paper shows that while they keep making headlines, Anonymous suffered a blow with 15 alleged members of the organization ... |
3 November 2011
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A new report released by the US Government Accountability Office reveals that in the past 5 years the number of security breaches in federal networks have increased constantly, regardless of the measures implemented by the authorities.
The analysis is based on reports coming from 24 major national agencies collect... |
4 October 2011
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Smartphones have become the equivalent of really small computers, which means that they too require some degree of protection against threats coming from the internet. Most owners are aware, but a few actually do something about it.According to BGR, The NPD Group recently made a study called ““Emerging Te... |
23 September 2011
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Danish vulnerability research vendor Secunia has launched a new initiative to provide periodic and comprehensive reports about the security of popular applications, which take into account various metrics.Dubbed Security Factsheets, these reports will be released quarterly and will present data in a standardized form... |
8 December 2010
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A report coming out of Panda Labs shows an increased trend for new malware and worm attacks to use USB devices as distribution channels.
The report places the figure around 25%, so for every one in four USB device, an attack has been reported.
Even if email attacks are still predominant, USB threats are on the rise... |
27 August 2010
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According to a report recently released by security vendor Sophos, the United States hosted over 37% of the total amount of malware on the web in 2009. The prevalence of malicious programs hosted in China has significantly reduced during the past year, positioning the country in the third place after Russia.The top t... |
3 February 2010
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A considerable percentage of mobile users are not concerned about the risks they are exposed to when accessing the Internet from their devices, a recent study concludes. Antivirus vendor Trend Micro found that 44 percent of over 1,000 users surveyed are not practicing safe browsing from their phones.The use of smart ... |
31 August 2009
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Security experts analyzing mail traffic are reporting a significant decline in phishing-related e-mails during the first half of 2009. The drop suggests that this type of activity has become less profitable for cybercrooks, who now prefer other approaches, such as information stealing trojans.According to spam analys... |
27 August 2009
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Security vendor McAfee has released the Mobile Security Report 2009, according to which the number of security issues that affect mobile devices has significantly increased during the past year. Nearly half of all global manufacturers agree that the issues have seriously impacted their business, the report notes. Se... |
16 February 2009
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