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Does Software Piracy Lead to Higher Malware Infection Rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report [PDF] by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4605&tag=col1;post-4605 Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 4:06 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Where in the World do Viruses come from?

The U.S. continues to dominate as the main source of the world's viruses, producing 15.9 percent of all viruses. It is followed closely by Brazil, which produces 14.5 percent (similar levels to last month's 14.1 percent). You can see more about virus Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:19 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

SANS Outlines the Top Cyber Security Risks

SANS released the "Top Cyber Security Risks" report which covers March-August 2009. The report features attack data from TippingPoint intrusion prevention systems protecting 6,000 organizations, vulnerability data from 9,000,000 systems compiled by Qualys, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:06 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Top 100 Virus-Infected Web Sites Exposed

Simply visiting one of the "Top 100 Dirtiest" Web sites - without downloading or even clicking anything - could expose your computer to infection and put your personal information into the hands of criminals, anti-virus software company Norton Symantec Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:44 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Security Risk as People Use Same Password on All Websites

The research reveals that nearly half (46 percent) of Britons use the same password to login to their banking, shopping and social networking sites with a further 54 percent confessing to using variations of the same password. And with the average person Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 8:52 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
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Passwords - once again...

Popular Passwords Include ‘1234′ and ‘password’ When 28,000 log-in details stolen from a well-known Web site were posted online recently, security firms discovered that a sizable minority of Internet users are incredibly naive at setting their own password. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 2:46 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments
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Slow And Silent Targeted Attacks On The Rise

And another one in the same direction: The most determined cyber criminals don't necessarily work fast when they breach a network, and their infiltration is often silent and undetectable. But it's this brand of "low and slow" targeted attack that can Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 11:42 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

The Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (v5)

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using data derived Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 11:36 AM by chsecblo | 2 Comments

Trojans Dominated Malware Threats in Dec. '08

Sunbelt Software has released its monthly data dump that charts the most commonly observed malware and spyware threats, and, as has been the case for a good while, trojan attacks continued to lead the way across the Top Ten rankings during Dec. 2008. Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 11:33 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Microcosm of a massive security problem

Blog Post by Jon Oltsik: A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation to a number of companies about the future of endpoint security. During this presentation, I had the opportunity to ask these folks a number of questions about their IT infrastructure and Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:43 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

OECD: Malicious Software (Malware): A Security Threat to the Internet Economy

Excerpt: This report, developed in collaboration with experts, aims to inform policy makers about malware impacts, growth and evolution, and countermeasures to combat malware. It seeks to analyze some of the main issues associated with malware and to Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 11:40 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Security is no match for chocolate and good looking women

A survey out today by the organizers of the tech-security conference Infosecurity Europe found that 21% of 576 London office workers stopped on the street were willing to share their computer passwords with a good looking woman holding a clipboard. People Read More...
Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 11:03 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Outsource your code & you're more likely to be hacked

In a new report released by European information technology analysis group, Quocirca, organisations that admitted to being frequently hacked, all outsource at least some of their coding practice, with 90 percent outsourcing more than 40 percent! With Read More...
Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:13 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

IC3's 2007 Internet Crime Report

The USA's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Last week, the IC3 released its annual report for 2007. You can download a copy from here . From F-Secure: Malicious software Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:57 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Don't blame 'stupid users' for data breaches

Security breaches that can be traced back to the actions of one individual are not the fault of one "stupid" employee but rather a failure to educate and engage the whole workforce around the importance of good security practice, according to a leading Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:26 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
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