Security news

Backup habits

Europeans differ in their approach to PC backup, a new survey has found. The Germans do it efficiently, the French with enthusiasm, while the British sometimes have trouble taking it seriously at all.

Twitter fights bad guys

Twitter has announced it will begin scanning links posted by users to thwart phishing attacks and the spread of malware on the site.

Patch Tuesday: 2 bulletins

In line with its advance notification, Microsoft issued 2 security updates, fixing flaws in Windows and Office. The company also warned about a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

The file switch trick

Replacing PDFs with dodgy Flash files has become a new cybercriminal tactic.

Phishing record high in January

Latest stats sees attacks up 21% from December.

Next week: Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is planning to deliver 2 security updates on March 9, addressing a total of 8 vulnerabilities.

US cybersecurity initiative

Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity advisor to President Obama, announced the launch of a new web page, proving the commitment of the US government to its transparent cybersecurity strategy.

MS10-015 re-released

After revising its logic, Microsoft has resumed offering the patch that could crash infected systems.

Over half of software vulnerable

Flaws that allowed Google attack are widespread, says Veracode.

Microsoft investigates new bug

Microsoft is investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer.