Infosecurity News

  1. China Blamed for Operation Poisoned Helmand Attack on Afghan Sites

    War torn country sucked into Beijing’s South Asian strategy

  2. Anunak APT Gang Makes Off With $18 Million

    Russian cyber-criminals target internal banking systems

  3. (ISC)² Security Congress Opens Call for Speakers

    Hot topics will include cloud security and mobility—and the intersection between them.

  4. ISIS Likely Behind Cyber-attack Unmasking Syrian Rebels

    A citizen media group critical of ISIS was recently targeted in a customized digital attack designed to unmask their location.

  5. AutoIT-based POS Malware 'Sparks' Fresh Threat

    A variant of the Alina malware, used to scrape credit card (CC) data from point of sale (POS) software, has been rampaging its way through the wild lately.

  6. Experts Warn of Mobile Ransomware Deluge on Social Media

    Bitdefender claims cyber-criminals will look to new channels to spread malware in 2015

  7. Sony Faces Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuits Following Cyber Attack

    Employees feel let down by movie giant after their personal data was exposed

  8. Sony Pulls $40 Million Movie After Cyber Attack

    Cinema chains refuse to screen 'The Interview'

  9. London Teenager Pleads Guilty to Spamhaus DDoS

    Denial of service blitz last year was largest ever recorded at the time

  10. Google Implements Content Security Policy for Gmail

    CSP takes aim at XSS and prevents extensions from loading unsafe code.

  11. Bank of England Urges Industry to Step Up Cyber Resilience Measures

    Latest Financial Stability Report says much work still to be done

  12. TorrentLocker Ransomware Makes Criminals Up to $500K

    Eset report claims crypto-malware has now infected 40,000 users

  13. Pirate Bay Dredged from the Deep with Clone Site

    The file-sharing site that was known for living up to its name has been replicated.

  14. Banking Statement Phish Carries Nasty PowerShell Payload

    Claiming to be a financial document, this attack's attachment uses a three-pronged execution path.

  15. SANS Warns of Shellshock Attacks on NAS Kit

    Unpatched QNAP devices are at high risk, says training institute

  16. DNS Attacks Ravage Three-Quarters of US/UK Firms

    Cloudmark study claims critical business and customer data at risk

  17. OphionLocker Uses Advanced Crypto and Tor for Bitcoin Payment

    Latest ransomware spotted by researchers uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography

  18. Hundreds of Thousands of Wordpress Sites Serving SoakSoak

    A vulnerability in the RevSlider plug-in opens the door to complete website compromise.

  19. Malwarebytes Flaw Found in Upgrade Mechanisms

    Users of the consumer version of the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit should upgrade to the latest version of the security software as soon as possible.

  20. Hackers Offer ‘100% Guarantees’ on Dark Web Goods

    Dell SecureWorks report finds increased competition is forcing better customer service

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