New scam, South Africans beware
There is a new scam doing the rounds and internet users should be wary. Some South Africans have fallen prey to a new international phone scam. (image: wickwar.org) Yesterday The Weekend Argus reported an international phone scam had caught some South Africans off-guard. The scam allows others full access to your computer. According to the report, some More...
Non-humans drive over half of web traffic
Cloud-based security provider Incapsula revealed in an interview with Siliconvalleywatcher.com today that 51% of web traffic consists of possibly threatening automated software programs. (image: rackcdn.com) Only More...
Google patches Chrome following hack
After Google’s popular Chome browser was hacked by a Russian student, the multinational internet company frantically released an update to fix the security gap. Google's Chrome should be secure following More...
Google’s Chrome hacked
Google will have to cough up green after their Chrome browser was breached. A Russian student walked away with $60 000 after hacking Chrome from a fully-patched Windows 7 64-bit PC. This follows Google’s offer More...
The world’s most used password — Trustwave
“Password1″ is the world’s most used password, PCMag.com recently reported. Can you believe that? Trustwave, security and digital certificate authority, recently highlighted this logic as the More...
Android most targeted by mobile viruses
Kaspersky Lab data shows the number of malicious programmes targeting mobile devices increased 6.4 times in 2011. A total of 5255 new modifications and 178 new families identified throughout the year. The number More...
Kaspersky posts 14% profit in 2011
Kaspersky Lab, threat management solutions company, announced a significant growth in sales in 2011. According to management, company revenues shot up 14% worldwide, reaching US$612 million. Kaspersky has successfully More...
780 new malicious software detected daily
Two thousand Trojan bankers are detected on unique users’ computers every day. That’s according to Kaspersky Security Network data over the last three months. Kaspersky add 780 signatures daily for new malicious More...
Sophos unveils their Security Threat Report 2012
IT security and data protection company Sophos today unveiled its latest Security Threat Report 2012, a detailed assessment of the threat landscape – from hacktivism and online threats to mobile malware, cloud More...
AVG security report draws attention to QR codes
Cybercrime has come a long way. Originally, it was mainly a digital form of vandalism, but has developed into a criminal business enterprise operated for financial gain. Cybercrime is now worth billions. AVG Technologies, More...