Infosecurity News
Android Flaw Spells ‘Privacy Disaster’ for 75% of Phones
Metasploit researcher wants to motivate community to think of a solution
WikiLeaks Releases FinFisher Surveillance Spyware to the Masses
The group has created downloads for live, previously unpublished variants of the German spying bug, to highlight increased government snooping.
Researchers Hack Canon Printers To Run 90s Game Doom
Security flaw could introduce major remote attack vulnerability
Nigerian Bank IT Worker Goes Missing After Multi-Billion Naira Heist
Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou sought by authorities after $38.6m is stolen
UK Online Banking Fraud Rockets 71% in 2014
Criminals look to target higher value business accounts
NSA Breached German Telcos to Map the Internet
Treasure Map operation designed to be a Google Earth for data traffic
US-CERT Warns on Cisco Blade Server Vulnerability
An unauthenticated, remote attacker could cause a denial of service condition for websites running on the architecture.
US Government Requests Access to Non-Existent Dropbox Accounts
Online storage firm sees access requests rise but authorities want to keep it quiet
Craigslist Scammers Traced Back to Five Nigerian Gangs
Over 50% hail from African nation, but many are using US agents, says new research
ICO: 85% of Mobile Apps Failing on Privacy
Watchdog claims too many applications collect excessive amounts of data
Shakira's Death is Widely Exaggerated
The pop singer is alive and well—as are malware-serving campaigns concerning her supposed car accident.
Hacker Threatens to Expose Bitcoin Founder Nakamoto After Cracking Email Account
Pastebin post is said to be genuine, but email account appears to be closed
Machine Learning Platform Slices and Dices Human Chatter for Insider Threat Detection
Big Data analytics engine can ferret out worrying language and activities at scale.
Five Million Gmail Credentials Leaked to Russian Forum
Phishing gambits and scams have quickly followed the leak.
SaaS Security Success Needs Board Buy-in – Gartner
IT security teams also need to transition teams to a more hands-off role, analyst claims
Peter Pan Pegged for Pernicious Panto Phish
Netizens warned not to open suspicious attachments after pantomime ticket scam
Gartner: Let Staff Get Infected to Improve Security Education
IT security professionals need to go against their gut to improve risk visibility and change behavior
Salesforce Customers in Dyre Straits After Malware Warning
SaaS pioneer warns that credential-stealing banking malware may be targeting its customers
Mozilla Ditches 170,000 Sites After Mass Certificate Revoke
Firefox 32 does not support 1024-bit certificate authority (CA) certificates
UK Mobile Phone Theft Victims Top 740,000
Apple handsets most in demand, says government
