Experts at security Trend Micro are warning about a vulnerability called ?Heartbleed? that is contained in several versions of SSL, the technology that helps protect information on the Internet.
Intel-owned security firm McAfee has released a free tool to help consumers gauge their susceptibility to the potentially dangerous effects of the Heartbleed Bug, a vulnerability in OpenSSL that has placed millions of Internet users? personal information at risk.
The Filipino students took home a prize of $750 for their study "Communect: Secure Community Connection Using OpenBTS as an Alternative Base Station," which was presented at the regional event held at the Korea University in Seoul, South Korea last March 11 to 13.
According to Kaspersky Lab statistics, every fourth phishing (i.e., fake) Web page imitates the website of a legitimate bank, online store or payment service. These fake pages are used to trick people into handing over their banking details.
Bitcoin is a digital crypto-currency or a virtual currency in the form of a cryptographic string of characters instead of a printed bill or a minted coin. Bitcoin transactions are fast, taking around only 10 minutes to verify a transaction. It?s also cheap as it liberates users from the need to maintain or pay for processing fees to a credit card company.
Kaspersky Lab, which famously uncovered the US-made cyber-weapon Stuxnet that was used against Iran, has announced the discovery of ?The Mask? (aka Careto), an advanced Spanish-language speaking threat actor that has been involved in global cyber-espionage operations since at least 2007.
It is common for IT security experts to recommend that users regularly update their antivirus solutions, and that is something that cybercriminals tried to take advantage of in 2013.
The yearend report of Trend Micro says that one major data breach will occur every month of 2014, and that advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks will accelerate.
