Infosecurity News
Pornhub Deny Legitimacy of Access Sale
Adult video sharing website Pornhub has called a sale of shell access a hoax, stating the methods described by Revolver were not possible.
PwC: Device-side Biometrics a Key to Personal Privacy
Regulation of personal biometrics information (fingerprint patterns, for instance) is becoming front and center for many governments.
Hackers Steal Sexual Proclivity Info from Hardcore Fetish Porn Site
Tantalizingly for the muckrakers out there, many government and military email addresses were found among the trove.
Healthcare Data Breaches Cost $6.2 Billion Per Year
A full 89% of healthcare organizations have experienced data breaches over the past two years.
PornHub Gets with the Bug Bounty Program
Adult site takes positive steps to reduce vulnerabilities
TalkTalk’s Profits Halve After Breach
Cautionary tale for firms which don’t invest enough upfront in cybersecurity
NIST, CIS Security Frameworks See Mainstream Adoption
84 percent of respondents used some type of security framework, and most organizations surveyed used more than one.
Panama-Style Offshore Services Touted on Darknet
Hackers are hiring underground providers to hide their funds
A Quarter of Windows Users are Running Outdated Internet Explorer
This exposes unpatched Windows users to more than 700 known vulnerabilities (including those that affect IE 11 and Edge).
Google Hit by Insider Data Breach
Employee details accidentally leaked by benefits management firm.
Former PLA Soldier Sentenced After Damaging US Army PC
Wei Chen was given security clearance at a defense contractor
VirusTotal Changes T&Cs to Stop Abuses
Some AV firms are taking data without contributing
Walmart Confirms Card Data Theft
US retail giant Walmart has confirmed reports that a number of its customers have had their payment cards compromised and bank accounts drained.
ICO Fines Health Clinic for Revealing HIV Patient Names, Addresses
An administrative error resulted in addresses wrongly entered into the ‘to’ field instead of the ‘bcc’ field.
Swiss Defense Minister: Davos Was Targeted by Cyberattack
He said that he suspects the attackers were bent on cyber-espionage, and were likely of Russian origin.
Panama Papers Source Offers to Work with Law Enforcement
The unidentified source said that the papers prove that a wide range of crimes are being carried out by the ultra-wealthy, unchecked.
White Hat Researcher Jailed for Exposing SQLi Flaws
Florida police cuff security boss following election site hack
AlphaLocker Makes Ransomware Easy and Profitable for All
A $65 price point allows the less-skilled to use ransomware with little to no coding and zero ramp-up time.
Banking Trojan Targets US and Mexico Using App Libraries
It tracks for certain URLs (including for Mexico’s second largest bank, Banamex), intercepts websites and inserts proxies.
Hackers Replace Ransomware with Dummy File
One small step in the fight against Locky
