Infosecurity News
Anti-Government Surveillance Think Tank Code Red Announced
Schneier, Diffie and Privacy International founder Simon Davies are all on board
Hackers Used Online Video Site to Smuggle Data Out of Firm
Skyhigh Networks spots unusual activity at victim organization
Canada Mulls Mandatory Data Breach Notifications
Fines for non-compliance would reach $100,000.
EWF USA 2014: Best Practice and Playbooks for Incident Response
In an interactive panel titled ‘Cyber Risk: This is not your father’s playbook’ at EWF USA 2014, Leigh Honeywell, security engineer at Heroku, and Carolyn Munoz, senior business security officer at ADP, took to the stage to discuss best practice for incident response, from both a technical and business perspective.
Estonian Cybercrime Ringleader Gets 11 Years for Worldpay Hack
Sergei Nicolaevich Tšurikov also ordered to pay $8.4m in tough sentencing
US Operators Fined $10 Million After Data Security Shambles
Contracted IT services firm did little to protect sensitive customer info, FCC says
1.2M SOHO Routers Vulnerable to Compromise
A flaw in the network address translation port mapping protocol (NAT-PMP) opens up networking devices to information interception.
Russia and China Edge Out US With Proposed Cyber Security Pact
Two nations look to build closer ties as Washington looks on
Q3 DDoS Attack Volumes Are the Largest Ever Seen
The Internet of Things, multi-vector attacks and amplification are all critical factors for the DDoS landscape.
JPMorgan: Hackers Had Access to 90 Servers for Two Months
But new details of the hack emerge, as regulators consider vendor regulations.
Windows Zero-Day Flaw Echoes Sandworm Tactics
There's no patch yet for the flaw, which affects almost all versions of Windows.
EWF USA 2014: DHS looks to Women and a New Cyber-Talent Workforce
The US government is crafting a twenty-first century cyber-workforce within government—and a big part of that involves the recruitment of women.
EWF USA 2014: Dell CIO Shares Best Practice on Winning Buy-in
At the EWF event in Scottsdale, Arizona, Dell Software CIO, Carol Fawcett, presented on how to get attention and agreement for an information security agenda, and the changing role of the CIO.
Apple Admits MITM iCloud Attack in China
Cupertino refuses to blame Beijing for major attack on users
Chloe Madeley Rape Firestorm Draws Internet Trolling Crackdown
UK may quadruple jail time for those making anonymous online threats of physical harm against other people.
Online Fraud Costs UK Over £670 Million
Get Safe Online poll shows growing problems, but rising awareness
Staples Calls the Cops After Potential Card Fraud Incident
Retail chain could be latest to be hit as 2014 breach saga continues
Operation DeathClick Targets US Defense Sector
Micro-targeted malvertising via real-time bidding engines elude most security approaches.
75% Of UK Online Population at Cyber-Risk
UK government says that poor password practices run rampant in an increasingly online world.
Hacker Halted 2014: The Fog of War can Cloud both Physical and Digital Battlefields
At the Hacker Halted conference in Atlanta, Carl W. Herberger, vice president of security at Radware, discussed Thursday the importance of cutting through that fog as organizations try to defend their environments.
