Infosecurity News

Keyloggers Take Aim at Hotel Business Centers
Guests have no way of knowing if those public computers are safe.

ICO Handles Record Number of Data Protection Complaints
Graham calls on parliament to increase watchdog's powers and guarantee its independence.

Secure Email Service Tutanota Picks Self Up After XSS Discovery
German firm patches newly found vulnerability within hours

35% of Companies Aren't Prepared for APTs
A huge gap in awareness and preparedness for APTs persists across the board.

New Analysis Shows Most Software Vulnerabilities Are Minor
Penn State's new benchmarking service has gone to work evaluating the current state of play for software flaws.

70% of Critical Infrastructure Organizations Suffered Breaches in the Last Year
An endemic lack of preparedness opens the door for bigger and more frequent attacks going forward.

Stop Worrying about Data Breach Prevention, says SafeNet VP
Increase in cloud services and virtualized environments has led to more breaches, while cost of technologies to combat these incidents decreases.

Facebook Disrupts Its First Botnet, Post-Threat Network Launch
The social network worked with Greek police to take down a rapidly spreading network.

McAfee Plots Security Framework for Internet of Things
With billions of connected devices set to come online, threats will only grow exponentially.

Blackshades RAT: A Resurgent and Dangerous Enterprise Threat
Even after an FBI takedown, Blackshades is exceling in espionage and theft.

Boleto Fraud Ring Siphons $3.75 Billion from Brazilian Banks
Money order-like payment system becomes a top financial target.

World Cup Phishers Hope Fans Nibble at Luis Suárez Bait
Fraudsters are getting mileage from the Suárez World Cup biting incident.

Deep Panda Shifts Cyber-spying Focus to the Middle East
Chinese espionage team is targeting think-tanks with expertise in Iraq.

Microsoft Sees Embarrassing Takedown Reversal
No-IP regains full control of its domains.

UK Cracks Down on Fraudulent 'Government' Websites
Thousands have been scammed out of sterling for bogus government services.

CosmicDuke Combines Infamous Malware to Harvest User Data
F-Secure spots new threat which borrows from Cosmu and MiniDuke malware families.

Israeli Defense Force in False Nuke Warning After Twitter Hack
Syrian Electronic Army claims responsibility in latest account compromise.

‘NSA-proof’ Encrypted Email Service Tutanota Launches
German crypto-experts offer 1GB of storage in free service aimed at mass market.
Crypto-email Service ProtonMail Back After PayPal Unblocks Account
Payments giant says account freeze was a mistake

UK Tabloid Snoop Hacked ATM to Tap Celeb Voicemails
Glenn Mulcaire used the phone line of his local cash machine to disguise his celebrity hacking activity, court hears.



