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Cyber-attacks turn Their Focus to Smartwatches

Cyber-attacker set their sights on the growing smartwatch customer base. If you own a Smartwatch, the following article may be of some interest to you. We certainly thought it was interesting! A new study from HP Fortify shows a shocking lack of security measures for Smartw...

Vantiv Acquires New Services Through Capital One

Capital One and Vantiv Expand Relationship to Bring New Services to Customers Vantiv continues its acquisitive streak. Many of our Clients are using Vantiv products, so we thought this article might help answer a couple of questions in your vendor management checklists. Vant...

Study Reveals Security Vulnerabilities Common Amongst ALL Websites

Out of 15k websites studied, 50% failed at PCI compliance Troubling results from a study on cyber security show businesses are lacking in basic security. With all the vendor management checklists and to-do’s and SSAE-16 reviews, what assurance do we have that our vendors are...

Ultrasonic Technology Takes Fingerprint Security to the Next Level

Mobile devices getting a boost in security with ultrasonic 3D fingerprint scanner. A new 3D imaging technique of fingerprint scanning, using an ultrasonic sensor, has researchers excited about the prospects of “smartphone security” to another level. We’ve never been enthusia...

Malware Alerts Cost Companies Big

An article review. Not If You Use Us… A newly released study highlights the rising costs associated with preventing and responding to malware threats. The study was based on a survey of “630 IT and IT security practitioners in the U.S. who are familiar with their organiza...

Drive-by Attack Site Illustrated

An article review. North Korea Uses Popular Attack Vector One would think that you’d be safe from malicious content when visiting an official government website, but the government of North Korea is apparently not above serving up some malware with their official content....

New Hybrid Trojan ‘Zberp’ Child of Zeus and Carberp

The worst of Zeus and Carberp has been combined into a hybrid banking Trojan known as ‘Zberp.’ A hybrid Trojan monster dubbed ‘Zberp’ is setting its sights on 450 financial institutions world wide. The new virus has features from both its parents, combining to c...

Awareness Poster: Cyber Wars Are Coming

Here’s an awareness poster for our friends in the education business! Now that banks and hospitals are buttoned up, and retail has learned their lesson, schools will be next! Don’t let schools be the next victim in this cyber war. Boost information security to help mit...

Cybercrime Syndicates Shelling Out Big Bucks For New Scams

Malware developers receive plenty of incentive from organized crime leaders. European security sources have revealed a global crime syndicate leader is offering up a Ferrari to whichever of his associates comes up with the best scam. The offer was presented on a profession...

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Shows Rising Trend in Malware Infections

Malware Rotbrow blamed for increase of infected computers. The latest biannual Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) reveals the number of malware infected computers has tripled between the third and fourth quarter of 2013. The numbers jumped from 5.8 of every 1,000 ...