September 24, IDG News Service – (International) Ransomware pushers up their game against small businesses. TrendMicro researchers released analysis revealing that 67 percent of users who clicked on links in CryptoWall and 40 percent who clicked links in TorrentLocker ransomware-related emails were from small and medium businesses in June and July, attributing the percentage to social engineering and a lack of safeguards compared to larger organizations. Source
September 23, Softpedia – (International) Security researcher exposes potentially dangerous privacy flaw in iOS-iTunes connections. A security researcher discovered a privacy-related flaw in iOS and iTunes in which an attacker with physical access to a device could create a backup and potentially access sensitive information simply by accepting the device as “Trusted” in iTunes. Source