It didn’t take long before cybercriminals seized the opportunity to use
the death of actress Brittany Murphy to peddle malware in search engine optimization poisoning. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
It didn’t take long before cybercriminals seized the opportunity to use
the death of actress Brittany Murphy to peddle malware in search engine optimization poisoning. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
The federal government has invoked the All Writs Act at least 63 times since 2008 in attempts force Apple and Google to unlock phones.
A shadowy web of malicious networks, or “malnets” will be the source of two thirds of online attacks in 2012, according to a report from the security firm Blue Coat.
The creators and maintainers of exploit kits often rely on public reports of new exploits and proof-of-concept exploit code in order to be able to add new exploits to their software. And in many cases, the exploits included in kits such as Black Hole and Eleonore and others will be for vulnerabilities that are older and have long since been patched. But, if recent events are any indication, that could be changing.
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