Infosecurity News
Massive Brute-Force Attack on Alibaba Affects Millions
TaoBao, a commerce site that could be considered the eBay of China, was the subject of an ongoing offensive from mid-October to November.
TMZ Users Hit with Malvertising Blitz
Gossip site the latest to be struck in ongoing campaign
Avast Patches Critical SafeZone Flaw
Latest AV vendor to get the Project Zero treatment
University of Central Florida Breach Affects 63,000
The perpetrators gained unauthorized access to Social Security numbers for thousands of current and former UCF students and staff.
GitHub Pays Out $100K in Bounties in 2 Years
58 unique researchers submitted more than 7,000 reports.
Researchers Build ‘Hack Proof’ RFID Chip
Discovery could boost contactless card security
Norse Co-founder Glines Slams Media Reports
Claims negative and inaccurate reporting has damaged the company
WordPress Targeted with Mass Ransomware Campaign
Hundreds of servers have already been compromised.
Google Switches on Alerts for Malicious Embedded Content
Safe Browsing continues to wage war on social engineering
EU Set to Regulate Crypto Currencies on Security Fears
Commission wants to bring virtual currency exchanges under money laundering rules
Researchers Claim New eBay Flaw Could Lead to Data Theft
E-commerce giant has refused to fix vulnerability
UK and US Spied on Israeli Military
The British government has been hacking into Israeli military jets and drones for 18 years after bypassing their security.
Researchers Hack Motorola Cloud-Connected Security Camera
They obtained full control of the pan-tilt-zoom controls and could redirect the video feed and movement alerts.
EU and US Propose PrivacyShield to Replace Defunct Safe Harbor
The European Commission and the United States have agreed on a new framework to replace Safe Harbor, the EU-US Privacy Shield.
FireEye Add Automation to Service with Invotas Acquisition
FireEye has acquired Invotas, where the Security Orchestrator technologies will unify cyber-attack detection results, threat intelligence and incident response elements of an organization’s security program into a single console.
Blackshades Co-Creator Escapes Jail Term
Five years’ probation for RAT mastermind who co-operated with FBI
Audit Finds Massive Holes in US Government’s Einstein Security System
National Cybersecurity Protection System failing on multiple counts
US and EU Fail to Meet Safe Harbor 2.0 Deadline
Industry nervous as agreement on data transfers still pending
Hundreds of Landry's, Golden Nugget Locations Hit by Data Breach
Payment card data breaches at its venues, during three periods between May 2014 and last December, were due to PoS malware.
BlackEnergy Gains a Fresh Spear Phishing Tactic
New campaigns are using malicious Microsoft Word documents and spear phishing emails to spread malware.
