Infosecurity News

Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered in Tor Browser 7.x
Backdoor flaw in NoScript browser extension reportedly easy to reproduce

Most US Orgs Had IT Disruption in Last 12 Months
Report finds room for improvement in disaster recovery plans

Hackers Increase Attacks Using Banking Trojans
August saw a surge in Ramnit banking trojan, says Check Point

Trend Micro Hits Back at Mac App Store Reports
Security giant moves to allay concerns over apps

Russian Extradited to Face JP Morgan Charges
Moscow man is alleged to have helped steal data on over 100m customers

BA Hit by Global Web Skimming Group: Experts
RiskIQ claims notorious Magecart group to blame

Mueller Questions Stone Associates on WikiLeaks
Long time associates of GOP operative, Robert Stone, questioned as part of Mueller probe.

Broker Received Passwords from Westpac Employee
Multiple incidents of misuse of customer and employee data spans six years

Personal Cyber Insurance Added to Homeowner Policy
Saga launches personal cybercrime coverage

#GartnerSec: Embrace Hacker Culture to Battle Cyber-Criminals
Embrace hacker culture, tools and techniques in the battle with cyber-criminals

#GartnerSec: Three Key Questions to Ride Risk Management to Success
The three key questions that can lead security professionals from feeling overwhelmed to success

Apple Removes Top Security Tool for Secretly Stealing Data
Mac App Store app was exfiltrating data to China

US Elections Must Go Back to Paper — Report
Major two-year study claims e-systems are too vulnerable

Silicon Valley CEO Pleads Guilty to $1.5m Fraud
Bouxtie founder faces jail

ICS Computer Attacks Steadily Rising
Africa, Asia and Latin America most targeted for ICS computer attacks, finds Kaspersky Lab

German Researchers Spoof Certificate Authorities
Researchers break certificate authorities' domain validation

Iranian APT Believed to Be Targeting Citizens
Targeted mobile-based attack against Iranian citizens discovered by Check Point

UK Teen Hacker Arrested After DDoS-ing Own Email Provider
ProtonMail investigated Apophis Squad to find poor opsec

US Indicts North Korean Over Sony, Bank and WannaCry Attacks
Lazarus Group member Park allegedly worked for government front company

BA Breach Hits 380,000 Card Payments
Hackers compromised website and mobile ap



