Infosecurity News
Turkey Feels the DDoS Heat with Big Attack Spike
Likely motivated by geopolitical events, Turkish victims at the end of the year skyrocketed ten-fold to more than 30,000 events per day.
Just One Quarter of UK Directors Report Cybercrime
IoD report reveals worrying lack of cyber preparedness
POS Hackers Caught Scanning for Simple Passwords
Time for IT admins to improve password management
Turkish Hacker Pleads Guilty to $55m ATM Cyber Heist
Findikoglu faces over 57 years in the slammer
#RSAC: Cyberthreat Information Sharing and Privacy Concerns need not Conflict
“There are natural disincentives for companies to share"
#RSAC: Detect at Machine not Human Speed, Says HPE CTO
we need to build security into the data and make sure we can isolate and recover applications
#RSAC: Wearables Crack Open Enterprises for Cyber-Attack
69% of wearable device owners forego login credentials, such as PINs, passwords, fingerprint scanners and voice recognition.
Take Snooper’s Charter Back to Drawing Board, Urge Experts
New draft could expand police powers, rather than improve privacy protections
Gartner Analyst to FBI: Stop Bullying Apple
Avivah Litan argues cellular metadata analysis will be more useful to Feds
#RSAC: Mr Robot Star Reveals His Security Education
Rami Malek spoke of his preparation and research for his role in Mr Robot at RSA Conference
#RSAC: "Trust in technology has been eroded" says Microsoft
Microsoft president says people have been questioning trust for good reason
Malvertising Develops Advanced Fingerprinting to ID Victims
Criminals can preselect and pursue specific victims without user interaction, and quickly rule out non-viable targets, such as honeypots.
Skills Shortage Hits Hackers
Attackers need an ecosystem of malware writers, exploit developers, botnet operators and mules
Mobile Users Blissfully Unaware of IoT Dangers
Nearly one in 10 smartphone users say there isn’t a single thing a hacker could take from their phone that would upset them.
IBM Plans Resilient Acquisition
IBM has announced plans to acquire Resilient Systems to add incident response capabilities to its services.
56% of Companies Ignore Encryption on the Cloud
More than half of organizations transfer sensitive or confidential data to the cloud whether it is encrypted or not.
IRS Security Breach: Over 700,000 Now Affected
Get Transcript scam far worse than initially thought
Consumers Letting Themselves Down Over Online Privacy
Kaspersky Lab claims 41% do nothing to protect their privacy
Snapchat Suckered by Payroll Phishing Attack
Messaging platform forced to call the Feds
Undetectable Angler EK Targets Extendoffice
The attack has gone largely unnoticed, with a near-non-existent detection rate, leaving millions vulnerable.
