Infosecurity News

UK Sites Pummelled by DDoS Storm in Q4
Attacks spiked over 20% from previous quarter, says Imperva

TalkTalk on Ropes Again After Indian Call Centre Staff Arrested
Trio accused of using customer data to launch follow-up fraud attacks

DDoS Attacks Hit Record 500 Gbps in 2015
Arbor report claims multi-vector threats are not the norm

Phishers Target Facebook Users with Scam Pages
Facebook users targeted in spate of malicious ‘Security System Pages’

Lenovo ShareIT Users Urged to Patch Data Leak Flaws
Core Security releases details of four vulnerabilities

UK Government Puts Money into Cybersecurity Accelerator
Early stage program will help grow a £17 billion industry

Health Insurer Centene Loses Data on 950,000 Patients
Six hard drives have gone missing

Glasswall and ZeroDayLab Join Forces in New Security Partnership
New partnership sees Glasswall combine its unique security approach with ZeroDayLab 's holistic methods

Ransomware Being Used to Target Specific Data Types
Cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting businesses, with recent ransom demands shifting from opportunistic extortion to market-based.

Ransomware Responsible for 42% of UK Security Breaches in 2015
Foursys urges firms to make themselves an ‘ugly target’

Scarlet Mimic Threat Group Takes Aim at Chinese Dissidents
Tibetan and Uyghur activists targeted in multi-year campaign

Anonymous Carry-out DDoS Attack on Japanese Airport Website
Hacktivists Anonymous take down Japanese Airport website with DDoS attack

Israeli Cybersecurity Market Draws Increased Investment
Exports by Israeli cybersecurity companies have reached more than $6 billion, equating to approximately 10% of the global cybersecurity market.

FBI Investigates University of Virginia Data Breach
Via a phishing scam, hackers were able to access payroll records and W-2s for years 2013 and 2014, and direct-deposit banking info.

Aircraft Maker Loses €50 Million in Fraud Attack
Accounts department hit by scammers

Apple iOS Flaw Enables Attacks via Hotspot
The vulnerability opens up iPhone users to a raft of problems, including allowing an attacker to impersonate a victim’s identity on a chosen site.

E-fax Campaign Spreads CryptoLocker
The new malware strain is unique and shows dedicated R&D efforts on the part of criminals.

Android App Stores Drenched with Malware
In 2015 alone, the amount of Android malware infections totaled more than 9.5 million.

Malware Campaign Targets Facebook
The fake Facebook messages deliver Nivdort, a trojan that interferes with internet connections and allows the installation of ransomware.

Insider Threat Warning as Scientists Steal Pharma Secrets
Five are indicted in US in GlaxoSmithKline case



