Infosecurity News

  1. Dow Jones Hacked, Affecting Thousands

    Hackers manipulated a subscription system to steal personal contact information from August 2012 until at least July 2015.

  2. Quarter of USPS Staff Clicked on Phishing Link in Audit

    Exercise highlights importance of training and awareness programs

  3. Webcam Voyeur Spied on Friends via RAT

    Leeds man gets 20-week suspended sentence

  4. UK Doctors Routinely Send Sensitive Patient Info by Text

    Privacy fears after BMJ survey reveals dangers of BYOD

  5. Moker RAT Has Unusual Characteristics

    It can operate as a local access trojan, without a command & control server, receiving its commands locally, through a hidden control panel.

  6. Samsung Pay Provider Hacked Secretly for Months

    China suspected of grabbing IP from LoopPay

  7. Malicious Android Adware Kemoge Roots Victim Devices

    FireEye warns users not to click on suspicious links

  8. Iran Threat Group Uses Fake LinkedIn Network to Target Victims

    A network of fake LinkedIn profiles has been created to help the threat actors target potential victims through social engineering.

  9. Cisco Snares Angler Cybercrime Group Worth $30m Annually

    Talos group disrupts proxy network making a fortune from ransomware

  10. VASCO to Acquire Silanis

    Silanis provides electronic signature (e-signature) and digital transaction solutions used to sign, send and manage documents.

  11. ID Theft Victims Remain Vulnerable Long After A Hack

    Over a long-term period compromised identities are seen moving industries, likely in an attempt to defeat traditional fraud detection tools.

  12. Attack Vector Aims at Microsoft Outlook Web Application

    Attackers could record authentication credentials and be provided with complete backdoor capabilities.

  13. Fresh Apple Malware Attacks Jailbroken and Non-Jailbroken Devices

    It’s the first malware seen in the wild that abuses private APIs in the iOS system to implement malicious functionalities.

  14. UK’s Nuclear Industry at Risk of Major Cyber-Attack

    Chatham House warns ‘air gapping’ is a myth

  15. Millennials Are Cyber-Slackers When it Comes to Security

    18-34 year-olds put themselves at a higher risk than most by doing things like checking financial accounts on public Wi-Fi and not using a password on their phones.

  16. Chip-and-PIN Deadline: US Nowhere Near Ready

    Also, most cards will still only require the presenter to provide a signature to complete the transaction.

  17. Banking Malware Gangs Refocus Efforts on UK

    Sphinx, Kronos and Shifu all aimed at British banks

  18. Experian Data Breach Exposes Details of 15 Million Users

    T-Mobile customers are among those affected

  19. Tech Support Scammers Will Make $1.5bn this Year

    Microsoft claims to have received over 175,000 complaints

  20. Companies Take an Average of 100-120 Days to Patch Vulnerabilities

    There have been over 1.2 billion successful exploits witnessed in 2015 to date, an increase of 445% from 2014.

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