Infosecurity News

Mozilla Adds Opportunistic Encryption for Firefox Browser
OE cryptographically protects connections even when servers don't support the HTTPS protocol.

Dyre Wolf Lifts $1 Million in Social Engineering Campaign
Sophisticated cyber-gang uses social engineering to circumvent two-factor authentication.

Goodbye, Bieber? Bug Can Make Any YouTube Video Go Away
Google paid a student researcher $5,000 for discovering the flaw.

Pirate Bay Clone Attacks Wordpress Sites
The site uses the Nuclear exploit kit to hit redirected web surfers with a banking Trojan.

Explosive APT Campaign Launched From Lebanon
Check Point says state-sponsored hackers stayed hidden since 2012
UK Cyber Innovation Zone Launches at Infosecurity Europe
Eleven UK start-ups have the chance to exhibit and be crowned small company of the year

Remove Admin Rights to Mitigate Most Microsoft Flaws – Report
Privilege management could remove lower hanging fruit, says Avecto

Former GCHQ Man Nowill Steps Up to Lead Cyber Security Challenge UK
Industry veteran will be tasked with expanding and finding new sources of income

Serious Fraud Office in Serious Trouble With ICO
Privacy watchdog fines SFO £180,000 after breach

Beijing May Target Foreign Websites in New DDoS Campaign
Rights group claims Great Firewall is now imposing Chinese censorship on users globally

Anonymous Pledges 'Electronic Holocaust' Against Israel
The group is pledging a massive #OpIsrael attack for April 7 to protest "segregationalist Zionism."

UK Online Banking Fraud Jumps 50% in 2014
Fraudsters ramp up activity against consumers and businesses

Aussie Government Red-Faced After Major G20 Privacy Breach
Personal information of 31 world leaders was emailed to the wrong person

Massive DDoS Takes Out Anti-China GitHub Pages
Beijing suspected once again as developer platform struggles

UN Creates Privacy Watchdog to Go After Government Surveillance Programs
An expert will be tasked with investigating the privacy implications of member countries’ cyber-spying programs.

Twitch Botnets-for-Hire Inflate Video Views
Attackers have been compromising users’ computers to add them to botnets, which are rented out to artificially inflate Twitch channel audience numbers.

RSA Bans Booth Babes
No more miniskirts on show at US security conference

PayPal Coughs Up $7.6 Million After Processing Payments to WMD Suspects
Payments giant took years to implement long-term solution, says US Treasury

Coder Cons Tinder Men Into Chatting With Each Other
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Sextortion Apps for Android, Just for Criminals
Trend Micro has found four malicious apps, which criminals can use to siphon their victims’ online passwords and contacts in order to give them more leverage with victims.



