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More than three quarters of small business owners claim their companies are safe from cyber attacks, yet only 17 percent of those businesses have implemented a formal cybersecurity plan.This is just one of many problems for small businesses in the digital realm, according to a joint survey (.PDF) released by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and security firm Symantec this week.
Verizon has drawn the ire of its customers and privacy advocates this week because a new initiative launched by the telecom company may violate users’ privacy.
As expected, a group of European data privacy advocates have asked for search giant Google to clarify what and how much information the company extracts from its customers.
Hoping to better address the cause and concerns of cyber attacks on a state level, last week the National Governors Association (NGA) announced the creation of the Resource Center for State Cybersecurity, an initiative set into motion by Governor Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) and Governor Rick Snyder (R-Mich.)
Veracode have put out another snazzy infographic, this time to help illustrate the mobile computing boom of the last few years. To accompany the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy that’s becoming commonplace in offices around the world, the web security firm uses two characters, Joe Worker and Joe IT to help break down a slew of stats, including details on the rising cost of mobile phone breaches, the dramatic jump in device adoption and 10 tips to protect smartphones and tablets.
It was only a matter of time before the inevitable wave of malicious, election-tinged spam began to rain down upon internet users. In the wake of last week’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, it appears the floodgates have opened.
From July to September this year, there’s been an uptick in Zitmo (or Zeus-in-the-Mobile) mobile banking malware according to research revealed this week by network security firm FortiGuard Labs.
A flurry of fake, ad-laden Angry Birds lookalike games have flooded the Google Chrome Web store of late. The online marketplace where Google sells extensions and games for its Chrome browser has seen an influx of games mimicking “Bad Piggies,” a new game Rovio Entertainment recently released that puts a twist on its ubiquitous Angry Birds game.
A number of Wordpress themes being distributed by the developer Parallelus are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, reports said.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of the Philipines has asked for assistance from law enforcement after a handful of government sites in the country, including the NTC’s site, were brought offline this morning in a hack allegedly carried out by PrivateX, an offshoot of the hacktivist group Anonymous.
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