Flame

The Flame worm that has targeted computers in the Middle East is being called "the most sophisticated cyberweapon yet unleashed" by Kaspersky Lab researchers who discovered it The virus reportedly captures sensitive information through a variety of means — “sniffing” data sent across the Internet and internal networks, recording keystrokes, capturing screenshots while applications like messaging programs are running, even turning on a computer’s built-in microphone and recording audio of conversations, according to three cyber labs that detected it.

Computer Security Day - 2012

 Computer Security Day is an annual event that is observed worldwide. This event is observed to increase the security awareness and the need for best practices to be adopted with computer operations.  It is evident that the exponential increase in computing gadgets miss out on the aspects of the need for security. Security is an important consideration when working with computers, the Internet or indeed any electronic devices. The focus of security day is to create awareness on the aspects of security and information management.