Infosecurity News

Software Libraries Account for Just 7% of App Vulns
The average application contains 26.7 custom code vulnerabilities, vs. just two CVEs in library code.

Turkish Android App Store 100% Flush with Malware
At CepKutusu, every single app delivered malicious banking code.

Russia Passes Bill Banning Tor, VPNs
The bill now goes to President Vladimir Putin to be signed into the law.

British Man Confesses to Deutsche Telekom Mirai Attack
"Daniel K" faces up to a decade in jail

CopyKittens: Report Details Possible Iranian Threat Group
Cyber espionage group uses in-house and commercial tools to target wide range of victims

Wells Fargo Asks Judges to Force Return of Leaked Client Data
Bank’s lawyer accidentally sent data on tens of thousands of clients to opposition lawyer

New Form of Cyber-Attack Targets Energy Sector
The approach has the potential to cause power cuts, disrupt vital facilities and even cost lives.

Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud
Credit-card fraud gangs, which are cashing in on $24 billion a year, are now offering online e-learning courses for would-be criminals.

Xinjiang Users Arrested over State Spyware Usage
Latest crackdown on Uyghurs in the name of anti-terrorism.

Compliance and Employee Behavior Bother Data Security
Compliance and regulation and the unpredictable behavior of employees have the biggest impact on data security, according to research

UK Gov Launches £20m Security Skills Program Website
Teachers, students and industry players urged to register interest

Swedish Government Blamed for Mega Data Leak
Witness protection scheme participants, elite military operatives and more have info exposed

Stealthy Botnet with Half a Million Slaves Represents 'Major Threat'
ESET said that it can send a fully featured backdoor, and perform brute-force attacks on Joomla and WordPress panels.

UAE-Based Hackers Responsible for Qatar's Gulf Crisis
The hack on Qatari state websites that has resulted in a diplomatic rift in the Persian Gulf came from the Emirates.

Microsoft Sues Putin's Hacking Cyberspies
Microsoft is using the lawsuit to dismantle big swathes of Fancy Bear's infrastructure.

Newcastle Uni Stung by Sophisticated Phishing Site
Phishers look to harvest details from prospective international students

Global Law Enforcement Action Shuts Down AlphaBay & Hansa Dark Web Markets
Underground criminal economy was responsible for the trading 350 000+ illicit commodities

TSB Set to Roll-Out Iris Scanning for App Users
Biometric Log-Ins raise security fears after Samsung system was cracked

Citadel Developer Vartanyan Jailed for Five Years
Atlanta court sends down Russian cyber-criminal known as “Kolypto”

Tillerson to Ax Standalone Cyber-Office in State Department—Report
The personnel that coordinates cyber initiatives with US allies will lose direct access to Tillerson, according to sources.



