Infosecurity News
Thousands of SMBs Targeted in Malicious Redirect Campaign
A large, coordinated malware effort is taking advantage of lax security at Mom-and-Pop businesses.
Cyber Thursday in Europe as 29 Countries Take Part in Exercises
Enisa-led CyberEurope exercise features 400 IT security professionals
Pizza Hut Fans Targeted in Latest Asprox Spam Campaign
Hungry netizens get more than they bargain for
Brazilian Fraudsters Hit US Banks with Fake EMV Card Transactions
A rash of attacks show that chip-and-PIN cards aren't as safe as banks thought.
Samsung Android Phones in Remote Lock Shock
NIST warns of serious flaw which could allow a hacker to remotely lock handsets
Tor Node Red-Flagged for Slinging Malware
Researchers spot Russian exit node modifying binaries via MITM patching
Hackers Hit the White House
What appears to be a recon mission points out that a breach on such a high-profile target is inevitable.
Sandworm Vector Used for New, 'Dyre' Consequences
A variant of the Dyreza/Dyre banking trojan malware is mounting a fresh offensive on the financial sector, witha new twist.
London Authorities Nab Suspect in $2.6Mn ATM Heist
An eastern European organized crime gang is believed to have hit 51 ATMs over the May Day holiday.
DDoS Preparedness: More Than a Firewall
DDoS attacks are becoming more common, increasingly sophisticated and more costly--but most businesses have no idea how to prepare.
Chinese Espionage Group Directed a 6-Year, Widescale Offensive
The Axiom group victimized pro-democracy non-governmental organizations (NGO) with hundreds of thousands of infections.
FireEye Unmasks Kremlin-Sponsored Cyber-Gang APT28
Group has operated for seven years stealing defense and geopolitical intelligence
ICS-CERT Three Year BlackEnergy Attack on Industrial Control Systems
Asset owners and operators urged to audit industrial systems immediately
FBI Raids Home of Suspected Second Whistleblower
Snowden #2 is believed to have passed on documents about a US terror watch list
BYOD Security Incident Costs Exceed $250,000
Check Point report says personal device use is soaring, and so are breaches
Anti-Government Surveillance Think Tank Code Red Announced
Schneier, Diffie and Privacy International founder Simon Davies are all on board
Hackers Used Online Video Site to Smuggle Data Out of Firm
Skyhigh Networks spots unusual activity at victim organization
Canada Mulls Mandatory Data Breach Notifications
Fines for non-compliance would reach $100,000.
EWF USA 2014: Best Practice and Playbooks for Incident Response
In an interactive panel titled ‘Cyber Risk: This is not your father’s playbook’ at EWF USA 2014, Leigh Honeywell, security engineer at Heroku, and Carolyn Munoz, senior business security officer at ADP, took to the stage to discuss best practice for incident response, from both a technical and business perspective.
Estonian Cybercrime Ringleader Gets 11 Years for Worldpay Hack
Sergei Nicolaevich Tšurikov also ordered to pay $8.4m in tough sentencing
