SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung has tapped Absolute Software to embed the corporate security solutions provider's patented persistence technology onto its mobile devices -- most notably onto the upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone. Headed for Samsung Knox when it debuts this year, Absolute boasted that Samsung's mobile devices will then be the first worldwide to offer "constant,
SAN FRANCISCO - In September 2011, security companies first noticed a new malware scam for OS X, which posed as a fake Adobe Flash installer, and hence became known as Flashback. Unlike prior scams, this malware took on some new approaches to tricking users by infecting common browsers, disabling Apple's XProtect system, and eventually morphing
SOUTHFIELD ? The Motor City ISSA chapter's April meeting will feature Mark Stanislav who will offer his perspective on the 10 tips for success when you hire a Pen Tester. The April 18 meeting also will feature a discussion of how to mitigate 21st century cyberthreats - a five-point plan for selecting enterprise security Stanislav,
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's nearly year-and-a-half old iMessage service has been found to be vulnerable to an attack that uses a flood of messages, or messages so long that the application is rendered unstable. According to a report from The Next Web, a small group of developers have found themselves the target of an attack
JACKSON ? Consumers Energy electric customers with solar generating systems can sell their surplus output back to the electric utility for a fix price contract over 15 years. But they need to submit their applications by May 8. Starting April 1, Consumers Energy electric customers can submit applications for what?s called the non-residential capacity in
BEIJING - The People's Liberation Army unit allegedly responsible for cyberspying on Western targets has collaborated with a top Chinese university on networking and security research papers. In a finding uncovered by Reuters, Shanghai Jiaotong's School of Information Security Engineering (SISE) and the People's Liberation Army Unit 61398 have worked in partnership on at least
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Websense report suggests that approximately 94 percent of endpoints that run Oracle's Java are vulnerable to at least one exploit, and we are ignoring updates at our own peril. According to security researchers at Websense, it's not just zero-day attacks that remain a persistent threat. Instead, Java exploits are now
SAN FRANCISCO - Spider.io, a security researcher, said it has discovered a new botnet, called Chameleon, that's targeting "at least" 202 Web sites and has siphoned off $6 million per month in cash from advertisers. The botnet is made up of over 120,000 host machines running Windows, according to Spider.io. Those machines are connecting to
LOS ANGELES - When Matthew Keys allegedly handed over the passwords of his former employer to members of the hacker group Anonymous a couple of years ago, he probably didn't think it would lead to an indictment. However, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Keys was being indicted on three counts: conspiracy to transmit
WASHINGTON D.C. - Chinese leaders must address cybersecurity threats emanating from their country on an unprecedented scale or risk weakening the economic relationship between Beijing and the United States, White House national security adviser Tom Donilon said Monday. ?U.S. businesses are speaking out about their serious concerns about sophisticated, targeted theft of confidential business information