Check Point, Nortel Networks and SSH Communications Security have passed security testing with Swisscom Eurospot...s pan-European network in all possible hotspot configurations. Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient solution (release R55) and. SSH Tectia client/server solution (version 4.0), have passed the security testing. Swisscom. Eurospot network is targeted at professionals and locations where they stay when on…

Most Fortnite scams are built around V-Bucks, which players can trade for skins and stickers. The tactics differ from scheme to scheme, but the outcome is the same. In 2018 alone, for example, ZeroFOX identified more than 4,700 fraudulent domains related to V-bucks and used to harvest personal information. In an effort to pass off…

Trojan poses as a Word document from the US Centre of Disease Control. Trojan contains backdoor and keylogger functionality. Malware is first incident we've come across that uses increased media hype about pig plague to promote malware. Using events in the news to spice up malware threats has been the stock in trade of VXers…

More than a thousand point-of-sale, grocery management and accounting systems worldwide have been compromised by a new strain of malware. The Nemanja botnet was fingered as one of the biggest of the lot. The malware is part of a larger trend of cybercrooks using malicious code to target retailers... office systems and cash registers. For…

Secure Pro is the new biometric encrypted storage device created by Victorinox, makers of the iconic Swiss Army Knife. It will be making its first European appearance on 25th March 2010 in London's flagship store. The live contest, taking place over two days, will give each participant two hours to try to access the hardware,…

Rapid7 has gone public with news of an e-commerce SQL injection vulnerability. The software in question, SmartVista, is from BPC Banking, and Rapid7 says it told the company about the issue back in May 2017. The US CERT Coordination Centre and SwissCERT joined the security company's effort to alert the Switzerland-based vendor in July and…

Swiss researchers have demonstrated a variety of ways to eavesdrop on the sensitive messages computer users type by monitoring their wired keyboards. At least 11 models using a wide range of connection types are vulnerable to electromagnetic sniffing. The researchers from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne are able to…

Swiss defence contractor RUAG and the country's GovCERT have revealed details of a 2014 network breach in which attackers got access to a stunning 23 GB of data. The breach was only discovered earlier this year, with to little fanfare until earlier this month, when NZZ am Sonntag reported that the attackers used their access…

French police obtained the encrypted files after raiding former HSBC computer specialist Herve Falciani's home in France back in January 2009. Authorities in France are seeking to use the data to investigate suspected tax evasion by wealthy French taxpayers. HSBC has said it would refuse to help authorities using the stolen data for tax evasion…

Swiss Internet Service Provider Telephoenix launches virus protection as an e-service for consumer and corporate customers. ...Safenet Anti Virus... is based on the proven F-Secure Antivirus software, which has been internationally recognized for its superior virus recognition technology, proven speed of response to new threats and user friendliness. Daily anti-virus updates and software updates for…