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Junk cars scam in Florida targets highly specific section of population for profit

London: AdaptiveMobile, a leading mobile security firm has released a new Advanced Persistent Threat which may soon be coming to Europe. According to AdaptiveMobile’s Ongoing Threat Analysis, mobile spammers and cyber criminals are now using highly sophisticated and cross-channel methods for conducting attacks. For example, in the 786 area code in Florida, 18% of the population sits below the poverty line[1] and AdaptiveMobile has seen these people hit significantly by unsolicited spam promising to buy junk cars in English and Spanish for $450 - $500. These threats may soon be coming across to the UK and wider continental Europe.

: Sally Brown and Joe Johnston; Case Studies; Posted On Friday, 26 July 2013 10:03

Tripwire’s 2013 risk-based security management study reveals key security metrics

LONDON, UK: Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, has released the results of an extensive study focused on the state of risk-based security management with the Ponemon Institute. The study examined the key risk-based security metrics IT security managers used most frequently to gauge the effectiveness of their organizations’ overall security efforts. Top Metrics included: time taken to patch, policy violations, uninfected endpoints, data breaches, reduction in the cost of security, end users training and reduction in unplanned system downtime.

: John Aduma; Case Studies; Posted On Friday, 26 July 2013 09:45

Royal Baby: Third in Line to the Throne, First in Line as a Threat Lure!

The Websense Security Labs has been tracking malicious cyber-campaigns that started in the hours following the official announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge was in labour. The campaigns detected so far are utilising email lures, which either redirect unsuspecting victims to Blackhole Exploit Kit URLs or, indeed, provide malicious attachments in the form of Windows SCR files in an attempt to dupe users.

Curiosity around the future heir to the British throne is reaching new levels with the BBC reporting that Monday was the biggest global day and second biggest UK day ever for BBC News online with 19.4m unique browsers globally and 10.8m from the UK.

: Carl Leonard, Senior Security Research Manager EMEA, Websense; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 25 July 2013 10:45

The Legacy of the London Games Continues

In one year, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be taking place and the organisers hope the ground-breaking Cross-Sector Safety and Security Communications partnership concept (CSSC) will maintain safety and security, as it did during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.