Apr 8, 2014
Symantec has observed the growth of indigenous groups of attackers in the Middle East, centred on a simple piece of malware known as njRAT. While njRAT is similar in capability to many other remote access tools (RATs), what is interesting about this malware is that it...
Apr 3, 2014
On 8 April 2014 Microsoft will stop support for Windows XP – despite the fact that its market share is still high. What will the security impact of this decision be, asks Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s EMEA FortiGuard Labs. In practical terms,...
Apr 3, 2014
Current electronic payment systems are, in most instances, inherently vulnerable to on-going cybercrime. This means that South African merchants may find themselves exposed to cyber theft if security measures are not improved. This is the opinion of Vaughan Alexander,...
Mar 28, 2014
Cybercrime is not new, and organisations across the globe have tools and systems in place to defend their networks against these crooks. However, there are far worse offenders out there. Ones that aren’t interested in stealing your money or intellectual property, they...
Mar 25, 2014
A widespread cybercriminal campaign that has seized control of over 25 000 Unix servers worldwide has been uncovered by security researchers at Eset, in collaboration with CERT-Bund, the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing and other agencies. The attack,...
