Infosecurity News
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.
Guest Wi-Fi Flaw Endangers Devices, Full Hotel Networks
Attackers can take full control of a device and even access the hotel's guest management system with a simple exploit.
Software Flaws Jump 20% in 2014 as Zero Days Soar – Report
Tough times for IT teams tasked with patching
Israeli Researchers Jump the Air Gap with BitWhisper
New technique could compromise maximum security computers
F-Secure Router Checker Scans for Malicious DNS Activity
One-click tool can tell you if hackers have been redirecting your traffic
Multiple Digital Certificate Attacks Affect 100% of UK Businesses
Researchers say a "Cryptoapocalypse" would dwarf Heartbleed in scope, complexity and time to remediate.
Vawtrak is Back and Stronger than Ever
The financial trojan is targeting new countries and building a thousands-strong botnet, representing a top emerging threat.
Center for Internet Security Aims at AWS
Organizations can now leverage cloud-based resources configured for best-practice security controls.
UK Government Coughs Up £5m in Cybersecurity Funding
Money will go into Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies
Twitch Faces Likely Hack—Millions of Gamer Accounts Affected?
Passwords, email addresses, user names, home addresses, phone numbers and date of birth may have been accessed.
UK Government Gets Serious About Cyber Insurance in New Report
Insurers can actively help to reduce cybersecurity risk
Taylor Swift Buys Adult Domain Names to Thwart Fraudsters
US singer now has a .adult and a .porn name
Hilton HHonors Accounts Vulnerable to Total Hijacking
Hackers could have reward points sent as cash to prepaid credit cards or transferred to other Hilton Honors accounts.
