Infosecurity News

  1. Pirate Bay Clone Attacks Wordpress Sites

    The site uses the Nuclear exploit kit to hit redirected web surfers with a banking Trojan.

  2. Explosive APT Campaign Launched From Lebanon

    Check Point says state-sponsored hackers stayed hidden since 2012

  3. UK Cyber Innovation Zone Launches at Infosecurity Europe

    Eleven UK start-ups have the chance to exhibit and be crowned small company of the year

  4. Remove Admin Rights to Mitigate Most Microsoft Flaws – Report

    Privilege management could remove lower hanging fruit, says Avecto

  5. Former GCHQ Man Nowill Steps Up to Lead Cyber Security Challenge UK

    Industry veteran will be tasked with expanding and finding new sources of income

  6. Serious Fraud Office in Serious Trouble With ICO

    Privacy watchdog fines SFO £180,000 after breach

  7. Beijing May Target Foreign Websites in New DDoS Campaign

    Rights group claims Great Firewall is now imposing Chinese censorship on users globally

  8. Anonymous Pledges 'Electronic Holocaust' Against Israel

    The group is pledging a massive #OpIsrael attack for April 7 to protest "segregationalist Zionism."

  9. UK Online Banking Fraud Jumps 50% in 2014

    Fraudsters ramp up activity against consumers and businesses

  10. Aussie Government Red-Faced After Major G20 Privacy Breach

    Personal information of 31 world leaders was emailed to the wrong person

  11. Massive DDoS Takes Out Anti-China GitHub Pages

    Beijing suspected once again as developer platform struggles

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. RSA Bans Booth Babes

    No more miniskirts on show at US security conference

  15. PayPal Coughs Up $7.6 Million After Processing Payments to WMD Suspects

    Payments giant took years to implement long-term solution, says US Treasury

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Software Flaws Jump 20% in 2014 as Zero Days Soar – Report

    Tough times for IT teams tasked with patching

  19. Israeli Researchers Jump the Air Gap with BitWhisper

    New technique could compromise maximum security computers

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