Infosecurity News

China Blamed for Operation Poisoned Helmand Attack on Afghan Sites
War torn country sucked into Beijing’s South Asian strategy

Anunak APT Gang Makes Off With $18 Million
Russian cyber-criminals target internal banking systems

(ISC)² Security Congress Opens Call for Speakers
Hot topics will include cloud security and mobility—and the intersection between them.

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.

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.

Experts Warn of Mobile Ransomware Deluge on Social Media
Bitdefender claims cyber-criminals will look to new channels to spread malware in 2015

Sony Faces Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuits Following Cyber Attack
Employees feel let down by movie giant after their personal data was exposed

Sony Pulls $40 Million Movie After Cyber Attack
Cinema chains refuse to screen 'The Interview'

London Teenager Pleads Guilty to Spamhaus DDoS
Denial of service blitz last year was largest ever recorded at the time

Google Implements Content Security Policy for Gmail
CSP takes aim at XSS and prevents extensions from loading unsafe code.

Bank of England Urges Industry to Step Up Cyber Resilience Measures
Latest Financial Stability Report says much work still to be done

TorrentLocker Ransomware Makes Criminals Up to $500K
Eset report claims crypto-malware has now infected 40,000 users

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.

Banking Statement Phish Carries Nasty PowerShell Payload
Claiming to be a financial document, this attack's attachment uses a three-pronged execution path.

SANS Warns of Shellshock Attacks on NAS Kit
Unpatched QNAP devices are at high risk, says training institute

DNS Attacks Ravage Three-Quarters of US/UK Firms
Cloudmark study claims critical business and customer data at risk

OphionLocker Uses Advanced Crypto and Tor for Bitcoin Payment
Latest ransomware spotted by researchers uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Hundreds of Thousands of Wordpress Sites Serving SoakSoak
A vulnerability in the RevSlider plug-in opens the door to complete website compromise.

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.

Hackers Offer ‘100% Guarantees’ on Dark Web Goods
Dell SecureWorks report finds increased competition is forcing better customer service



