Friday 23 December 2011

Blocking Twitter, Facebook during riots not such a hot idea - MPs • The Register

Blocking Twitter, Facebook during riots not such a hot idea - MPs • The Register

City of Edinburgh Council reports cyber attack against debt advice records - SC Magazine UK

City of Edinburgh Council reports cyber attack against debt advice records - SC Magazine UK

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Symantec Intelligence Report: November 2011

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-intelligence_report_11-2011.en-us.pdf

Report highlights
  • Spam – 70.5 percent (a decrease of 3.7 percentage points since October 2011): page 13
  • Phishing – One in 302.0 emails identified as phishing (an increase of 0.04 percentage points since October 2011): page 16
  • Malware – One in 255.8 emails contained malware (a decrease of 0.03 percentage points since October 2011): page 17
  • Malicious Web sites – 4,915 Web sites blocked per day (an increase of 47.8 percent since October 2011): page 19
  • A Review of Targeted Attacks in 2011: page 2
  • Revolution of Russian Phone Number Spam: page 10
  • Best Practices for Enterprises and Users: page 22

C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!


http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/2011/5