Infosecurity News

  1. Sony Pulls $40 Million Movie After Cyber Attack

    Cinema chains refuse to screen 'The Interview'

  2. London Teenager Pleads Guilty to Spamhaus DDoS

    Denial of service blitz last year was largest ever recorded at the time

  3. Google Implements Content Security Policy for Gmail

    CSP takes aim at XSS and prevents extensions from loading unsafe code.

  4. Bank of England Urges Industry to Step Up Cyber Resilience Measures

    Latest Financial Stability Report says much work still to be done

  5. TorrentLocker Ransomware Makes Criminals Up to $500K

    Eset report claims crypto-malware has now infected 40,000 users

  6. 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.

  7. Banking Statement Phish Carries Nasty PowerShell Payload

    Claiming to be a financial document, this attack's attachment uses a three-pronged execution path.

  8. SANS Warns of Shellshock Attacks on NAS Kit

    Unpatched QNAP devices are at high risk, says training institute

  9. DNS Attacks Ravage Three-Quarters of US/UK Firms

    Cloudmark study claims critical business and customer data at risk

  10. OphionLocker Uses Advanced Crypto and Tor for Bitcoin Payment

    Latest ransomware spotted by researchers uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography

  11. Hundreds of Thousands of Wordpress Sites Serving SoakSoak

    A vulnerability in the RevSlider plug-in opens the door to complete website compromise.

  12. 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.

  13. Hackers Offer ‘100% Guarantees’ on Dark Web Goods

    Dell SecureWorks report finds increased competition is forcing better customer service

  14. GCHQ Launches Android Crypto App for Kids

    Cryptoy is designed to get more children interested in cybersecurity

  15. Feds Warn US Firms of Iranian Cyber Campaign

    Flash report comes just days after Operation Cleaver revelations

  16. Pirated Assassins Creed Spreads Malware

    The malware intercepts text messages and harvests information from the phone.

  17. Dyreza Banking Threat Back to Target North America

    Microsoft said that the busy Dyreza RAT has a fresh attack vector using a wire transfer phish.

  18. Cameron Calls in the Spies to Deal With Child Abuse Online

    GCHQ and NCA to co-operate, but critics say it’s simply electioneering

  19. China Responsible for 85% of Global Phishing Domains – APWG

    Cyber-criminals targeting victims inside Great Firewall are blamed for malicious domain registrations

  20. ICS-CERT: BlackEnergy Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Target Known Vulnerabilities

    In a new wrinkle in an ongoing attack, the BlackEnergy malware is targeting internet-connected human-machine interfaces (HMIs).

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