As part of our 2013 predictions, we predicted that legitimate cloud services would be abused by cybercriminals. Unfortunately, that has proven to be the case – and in today’s current climate, it is unlikely to get any better. For example, last week we saw a spam run that used Dropbox to host its malicious payload. It’s not…
Read MoreTwo of the hottest buzzwords circulating in the IT world today are “SCADA” and “cloud computing.” Combining the two technologies has been talked about and is starting to garner more attention because of the potential cost savings, system redundancy, and uptime benefits. Like most IT companies, industrial control system (ICS) devices can benefit from cloud…
Read MoreAs the year draws to a close it’s time for us to take a step back, absorb the lessons of 2012, and look at what 2013 and beyond will bring for users, the security industry, and even cybercriminals. Here are some of my predictions: The volume of malicious and high-risk Android apps will hit 1…
Read MoreOnce, we used to talk about the cloud when we think of the weather. Today, we talk of the cloud that stores data, runs applications, and houses software. You often hear it in conversations. You read about it online. You know the cloud exists, but really, what is it? Whenever you store photos on Facebook…
Read MoreYour online activities say a lot about who you are. A majority of Americans use search engines. Billions of email and instant messaging accounts are created worldwide. One in five minutes spent online is spent on social media. There are almost six billion mobile subscribers in the entire world. A considerable number of those who…
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