Infosecurity News
Mobile Hackers Intercept Bank 2FA to Drain Accounts
Known bug in global SS7 protocol is to blame
Android Apps with Ultrasonic Beacons Track People's Daily Habits
These apps embed ultrasonic beacons into audio, and track them using the microphone of mobile devices.
Bondnet Botnet Mines Cryptocurrency Worldwide
It’s also ready to be weaponized immediately for other purposes, such as mounting Mirai-style DDoS attacks.
NYPD: Fraud Ring Recruited Mules Via Social Media
Sophisticated operation resulted in $2.5m counterfeit check deposits
KONNI RAT Eyes North Korea
A previously unknown remote administration tool has been uncovered after evading detection by the security community for more than three years.
Cuts Like a Knife: Sabre Breach Potentially Impacts 32K Hotel Properties
The hospitality giant is investigating a compromise of its widely-used reservations software.
Gannett Phishing Attack Affects 18K Employees
A hacker was able to compromise the Office 365 credentials of some HR employees.
Clinton: FBI Letter and “Russian WikiLeaks” Cost Me Election
Former frontrunner in no doubt about impact of last minute “events”
India’s Aadhaar ID Card Scheme: 135 Million Records Exposed and Counting
Field day for fraudsters after government's epic privacy snafu
UK Office Workers 'Too Trusting' of Email Attachments
UK businesses expose themselves to hackers and zero-day attacks by failing to implement good email security practices
Fuze Fixes Recordings Privacy Bug
A vulnerability in the Fuze communications platform did not have sufficient controls to ensure that the recordings were kept private
ICO Fines E-Commerce Firm After SQLi Flaw
Building supplies vendor slapped with £55,000 fine
NSA Ends Upstream “About” Data Collection
Agency claims failure to comply with FISC rules was “inadvertent”
Intel Fixes Critical Nine-Year-Old Bug
Vulnerability affects AMT, SBT and ISM firmware
UK Plans to Scan All Attendees at the Champions League Final
Police in Britain will use facial recognition to run real-time comparisons with the mugshots of 500,000 “persons of interest."
IBM Ships Trojanized USBs to Storage Customers
The malware is a trojan dropper that can be used to fetch an array of secondary malware, including ransomware and espionage worms.
ShadowWali Malware Discovered, Attacking Japan Since 2015
ShadowWali gathers information about the compromised machines and their networks, in addition to stealing sensitive information and credentials.
"Orange is the New Black" Leaked, "New Girl", Others Could Follow
Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" was leaked due to a security breach at the streaming giant’s post-production studio.
Google and Facebook Confess to Being Corporate Scam Victims
Google and Facebook Confess to Being $100 million Corporate Scam Victims.
Bitcoin Value Rises to Over $1300
As the Bitcoin Value Rises to Over $1300, will this pay more to ransomware wielding cybercrminals?
