Monthly Archives: May 2011

We’ve recently started a major project with one of the largest broadband operators in North America. As a result, F-Secure is hiring a bundle of new people. We are in need of Architects, Developers, Testers, and Scrum Masters. We’re looking … Continue reading →

Android has become the main target for mobile malware. Here’s “Hot Girls 1″, which was still yesterday available for download to your Android phone from Android Market: This application was originally harmless. However, a malicious developer called “Magic Photo Studio” … Continue reading →

In my latest book (available February), I talk about various mechanisms for societal security: how we as a group protect ourselves from the “dishonest minority” within us. I have four types of societal security systems: moral systems — any internal … Continue reading →

That’s what the U.S. destroyed after a malfunction in Pakistan during the Bin Laden assassination. (For helicopters, “stealth” is less concerned with radar signatures and more concerned with acoustical quiet.) There was some talk about Pakistan sending it to China, … Continue reading →

”The 15th Cyber Crime Symposium, Shirahama” with theme “Cloud Security” was held on May 26th – 28th at the “Big U” Information Exchange Center in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Approximately 220 people, including government delegates, information security researchers, lawyers, law enforcement … Continue reading →

Google Docs allows users to create documents, spreadsheets, et cetera at google.com (hosted in Google’s cloud): Spreadsheets can even contain functionality, such as forms, and these can be published to the whole world. Unfortunately, that means we regularly see phishing … Continue reading →

Cyber criminals are getting aggressive with their social engineering tactics. Val Christopherson said she received a telephone call last Tuesday from a man stating he was with an online security company who was receiving error messages from the computer at … Continue reading →

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The Democratic Party of Hong Kong’s website was compromised and malware uploaded to the web server. Interestingly, the server was distributing malicious flash and spyware nearly identical to the compromised UK Amnesty International servers at the beginning of this month. … Continue reading →

We’ve seen this one before, but there’s been a new run today. Some clown is trying to pose as us. If you see an e-mail like the one below, please ignore it:      From: securitysupport@hotxf.com     Reply-To: securitysupport@hotxf.com     Subject: Security Maintenance.F-Secure HTK4S     To: undisclosed-recipients:;          Dear Email … Continue reading →