Category Archives: Internet security industry

The computer security industry in particular draws the wrath and ire of malware creators everywhere. As it should.

Cisco releases ‘Cisco Global Threat Report’ for 4Q11

January 29, 2012 – 7:12 pm

By Dancho Danchev Cisco Systems, recently announced the release of ’Cisco Global Threat Report’ for 4Q11, containing threat intelligence based on Cisco’s observation of the malicious threat landscape. Key summary points:

By ddanchev | Also posted in Botnet activity, Enterprises, malware, phishing, spam, Targets | Comments (1)

Top 7 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2012

November 17, 2011 – 3:00 am

By Mel Morris From Stuxnet to Sony, a number of cyberattacks emerged in 2011 that experts have predicted for quite some time. I predict 2012 will be even more pivotal, thrusting cybersecurity into the spotlight. These are my top seven forecasts for the year ahead: 1) Targeted, zero-day attacks will be the norm. Looking back [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Deep Knowledge, Mobile security, Threat Research | Comments (5)

Two Days in Vegas: Black Hat in Brief

August 5, 2011 – 7:04 pm

By Andrew Brandt The Black Hat briefings, held Wednesday and Thursday this week, once again brought together some of the best and brightest in the security industry to share knowledge about novel attacks and better defenses against old and new attacks. And, once again, there were some eye opening moments at the conference. Right from [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Android, Deep Knowledge, Enterprises, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, malware, Threat Research | Comments (1)

Why Put Security Into the Cloud?

June 7, 2011 – 7:51 am

This week, Webroot’s Thre@t Reply managed to steal some time with Ian Moyse, who knows a thing or two about the benefits of putting your computer and network security into the cloud, out where the threats are, rather than keeping your security inside your network or on individual computers. As always, feel free to submit [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Enterprises, phishing, social engineering, spam, Threat Research, Website owners | Comments (2)

The Big Picture for 2011 Security Trends

December 13, 2010 – 12:01 am

By Gerhard Eschelbeck As 2010 winds down, I wanted to pull out the crystal ball and talk for a moment about where the security industry seems to be heading in the coming year, and where we anticipate threats and targets. Mobile platforms: If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you have either an iPhone, [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Mobile security, Online shopping threats, Passwords, social engineering | Leave a Comment

New Rogue Is Actually Five Rogues in One

September 16, 2010 – 1:32 pm

By Andrew Brandt For years, the makers of those snake oil security programs we call Rogue Security Products have spent considerable effort making up new names, developing unique graphic design standards, and inventing backstories for their utterly useless, expensive scam products. Now a new rogue has taken this never ending shell game one step further, [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Blackhat SEO, Ransomware, Rogue Security Products, Search engines, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Comments (4)

Cloud Defs Limit the Damage of a False Positive

April 22, 2010 – 8:46 pm

By Andrew Brandt If you’re a customer or an employee of McAfee, chances are, you’re having a rough week. The company published a false positive, or FP, in its antivirus definitions that went out to customers a few days ago. The FP resulted in some computers going into a loop where the antivirus engine misidentified [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Destructive behavior, Enterprises, Rogue Security Products, Stupid malware tricks | Comments (1)

Internet Security Trends – A Look Back at 2009, A Look Ahead to 2010

November 20, 2009 – 2:29 pm

By Gerhard Eschelbeck It’s been a busy year in Internet security — cybercriminals were crafty and creative while we security vendors worked hard to stay a step ahead. Let’s take a look back at the biggest security trends of 2009, and at predictions for what’s ahead in 2010. 2009 – The Year in Review Conficker. Targeted [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Enterprises, Threat Research | Comments (5)

Oh, Hush Chicken Little – The Sky is Not Falling: Why Cloud Security is Still Safe

July 17, 2009 – 2:19 pm

By Brian Czarny This week it was impossible to escape the “big news” that Twitter got hacked. The French hacker, known as “Hacker Croll,” who made headlines back in May for a similar Twitter breach, was at it again. This time he managed to get his hands on at least 310 sensitive Twitter business documents [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Enterprises, Mobile security, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

What Keeps IT Professionals Up at Night

July 6, 2009 – 2:09 pm

By Brian Czarny Webroot recently surveyed more than 300 email and Web security professionals about email management, compliance, archiving, encryption, spam, viruses, Web filtering and Web-based malware attacks.  Our research shows that security practices and risk perceptions have evolved over the last year – the top three security concerns are email threat protection, data security/confidentiality [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Enterprises, Mobile security | Leave a Comment
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