Infosecurity News

IoT, Mobility to Drive Fresh Identity Management Ideas
With IoT apps such as remote control of household appliances, health monitoring devices and hotel room keys, the need to verify the identities of mobile device users will become even more urgent.

bebe Suffers First PoS Hack of the Holiday Season
The bebe breach bucks the trend of cyber-criminals going for larger retailers; the attackers targeted customers with higher spending limits.

SpoofedMe Social Login Vulnerability Threatens Web
IBM has uncovered a vulnerability in the social log-in services provided by Amazon and LinkedIn that allow consumer impersonation.

Eset Steps Up to Protect Facebook Users
Security vendor joins F-Secure and Trend Micro

Microsoft Schedules Three Critical Patches for December
Last Patch Tuesday of the year will be relatively light

Health Insurers Face Third-Party Online Threats
Health insurance providers are investing heavily in web and mobile apps to establish new customer touch points, creating a host of new external facing security challenges for providers.

DeathRing Chinese Trojan Spotted Pre-loaded onto Smartphones
Lookout claims users in developing countries are at risk

Huawei in Bid to Improve Global Cyber-Security
Chinese giant releases top 100 questions to ask your vendor

Browser Vulnerabilities Are the Top Endpoint Headache for IT
A staggering 82% of all companies have experienced at least one online attack in the last year alone.

National Healthcare ISAC Debuts Threat Intelligence Platform
The goal is to help members capture, process and work together to respond to online threats.

UK Vishing Attacks Net Fraudsters £24 Million
Phone scams soar by 17% over the past year, according to Financial Fraud Action UK

Xbox Live Hit by Massive DDoS Outage
The ISIS-supporting Lizard Squad hacking collective took credit, echoing the Sony PlayStation Network attack from August.

OpenVPN Moves Swiftly to Patch DoS Flaw
Critical vulnerability raises alarms for service providers

Europol Shutters 290+ Domains Selling Pirated Goods
Project IOS Transatlantic V scores another hit as counterfeiters are shut down

FIN4 Uses Insider Info to Play the Stock Market
Attackers have spied on 100 publicly traded companies to gather insider information and gain a clear trading advantage.

First Ever US Spyware Conviction as Danish Man Pleads Guilty
Hammad Akbar 'fesses to StealthGenie rap

London Losers Misplace 25,000 Mobiles Whilst Traveling
Three devices per hour went missing in 2013

Hacktivists Get Serious with Remote Code Malware
Zscaler spots malicious link in web defacements

Cyber-Security is ‘One to Watch’ But Skills Problems Persist
IET report claims industry can drive employment of UK techies and engineers

Syrian Hacktivists Compromise Multiple News Sites
Thanksgiving message from the SEA: "You’ve been hacked"



