Infosecurity News
Big Data Could be Reason for Large-Scale Nation State Attacks
Sophisticated analytics could single out vulnerable individuals to spies, says Context
DDoS-for-Hire Costs Just $38 per Hour
It's cheaper and easier than ever to mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and to great effect: They cost the victim $40,000 per hour.
Sophos Acquires Reflexion to Boost Email Security
The tie-up will add cloud-based email security to Sophos Cloud, and widen its customer footprint to include SMBs and more US accounts.
Russia Pegged for ‘Cyber Caliphate’ Attack on TV5Monde
Massive targeted attack pushed channels off air for several hours
Cybersecurity Maturity Lacking or Non-Existent for Most
Against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework benchmarks, 83% of large organizations and 75% of all businesses lack the maturity to address cybersecurity risks.
90% of Data Loss Prevention Violations Happen in Cloud Apps
Of the DLP-violating files, one in five were shared with one or more people outside of the company.
Firms Take Over 100 Days to Contain Breaches
Trustwave report finds little progress has been made over the past year
Most C-Level Execs Not Briefed on Security – Report
Dell SecureWorks claims misalignment between IT bosses and their staff
Flash Malware Soars Over 300% in Q1 2015
McAfee Labs claims users have been slow to patch
Bin Biz Brabantia Hit By Security Breach
Firm claims customer details may have been compromised
New Yorker Mugged of Bitcoins at Gunpoint
Over $1000 stolen from man in Brooklyn
Skype-Dwelling Botnet Serves Up Adware
Pay per-install adware campaign boosted the botnet via phishing messages.
Tesla Debuts Bug Bounty Program
The program will pay researchers up to $1,000 for disclosing vulnerabilities the Tesla web domains.
China Believed to Be Behind Largest-Ever US Government Hack
4 million records on federal employees are believed to be compromised, in an effort to build a massive database on American citizens.
Russia Blamed for Data Stealing Attack on German Parliament
Bundestag hack last month exposed 20,000 lawmakers’ accounts
Plex Mounts Huge DigiCert Encryption Install for Media Streaming
DigiCert will address tens of millions of Plex accounts—making it one of the largest implementations of publicly trusted certificates to date.
#infosec15: DLP Player GeoLang Voted UK’s Most Innovative Small Cyber Security Business
Competition final at Infosecurity Europe shows strength of UK cyber industry
#infosec15: Under Cyber-Attack? Follow CERT UK’s Lead
Plan, plan, plan and then plan some more to build cyber-resilience, say experts
#infosec15: Threat Intelligence Industry Set for Major Consolidation
Experts claim consolidation beckons, as tools get increasingly powerful
Q1 2015 DDoS Attacks Spike, Targeting Cloud
The most-attacked industry was the IT services/cloud/SaaS sector, representing more than one-third of all mitigation activity.
