Infosecurity News
Security Experts Predict Growth in Mobile Payments Breaches
ISACA report claims public Wi-Fi is number one risk
Insider Threats Responsible for 43% of Data Breaches
The report, from Intel, also revealed that security professionals have experienced an average of six significant security breaches each.
Porn Site xHamster Hit by Malvertising Wave
The attack is striking adult content portals, including top porn domain xHamster.com which has close to half a billion monthly visitors.
Global Cybercrime Costs $315bn – Report
Affected firms end up paying 1.2% of revenues, according to Grant Thornton
KPMG: UK’s Critical Infrastructure at Risk as Firms Merge IT Systems
Half of respondents claim their firm is underinvesting in cybersecurity
Global Security Spend Set to Top $75bn in 2015
But Gartner predicts slowdown in Europe next quarter due to strong dollar
BT, Intel Join Launch of Internet of Things Security Foundation
The group is making its mission to vet internet-connected devices for vulnerabilities and flaws.
Researchers Find 4000 Malicious App Store Apps
XcodeGhost far more widespread than at first thought
HackerOne Releases Best Practices for Vulns Disclosures
The guide is meant to help security researchers who find vulnerabilities to report a security issue to a company, and without being threatened with legal action.
Government Sinks £500K into New Cyber Education Scheme
Skills shortages still a major problem
Personal Health Insurance Data Found on Public AWS server
Claims firm Systema Software fingered for breach of 1.5m details
Cisco SYNful Knock Threat Victims Reach 200
Routers in over 30 countries now found to be affected
BrainTest Malware Gets Smart in Google Play Store
It has an arsenal of privilege escalation exploits, which is used to install a rootkit on the device so it can persist even after the user uninstalls it.
Danish Post Office Spam Scam Delivers Cryptolocker 2
The campaign is part of a long list of cyber-attacks that target one country at a time, at different time intervals, and use the same tactic.
New Sharking Trojan Targets Online Poker Players
Malware designed to sneak a peek at your hand
Cyber-risk Knowledge Gap Widens Between C-Suite and IT
IT and security professionals are doing a terrible job at communicating risk, bogged down in technical jargon and a lack of business context.
Ponemon: US Cyber-resilience is Poor to Nonexistent
Three-quarters of US organizations are not prepared to respond to cyber-attacks, leaving them more vulnerable than ever.
Brits Trust NHS on Data Privacy but Not IoT Firms
KPMG finds private firms have a long way to go to win consumer trust
California Hackers Said to Hit Kremlin with DDoS
Given the nation's big election, the attack was likely hactivist motivated.
BCS Urges Personal Data Sharing Revamp
Amid fears of government snooping, the data revolution has created a ticking time bomb; sharing personal data is simply not working for anyone at the moment.
