Infosecurity News

UK Vishing Attacks Net Fraudsters £24 Million
Phone scams soar by 17% over the past year, according to Financial Fraud Action UK

Xbox Live Hit by Massive DDoS Outage
The ISIS-supporting Lizard Squad hacking collective took credit, echoing the Sony PlayStation Network attack from August.

OpenVPN Moves Swiftly to Patch DoS Flaw
Critical vulnerability raises alarms for service providers

Europol Shutters 290+ Domains Selling Pirated Goods
Project IOS Transatlantic V scores another hit as counterfeiters are shut down

FIN4 Uses Insider Info to Play the Stock Market
Attackers have spied on 100 publicly traded companies to gather insider information and gain a clear trading advantage.

First Ever US Spyware Conviction as Danish Man Pleads Guilty
Hammad Akbar 'fesses to StealthGenie rap

London Losers Misplace 25,000 Mobiles Whilst Traveling
Three devices per hour went missing in 2013

Hacktivists Get Serious with Remote Code Malware
Zscaler spots malicious link in web defacements

Cyber-Security is ‘One to Watch’ But Skills Problems Persist
IET report claims industry can drive employment of UK techies and engineers

Syrian Hacktivists Compromise Multiple News Sites
Thanksgiving message from the SEA: "You’ve been hacked"

Aussie PM Announces First Cyber-Security Review Since 2008
Expert panel will look at ways of improving online defenses of government and firms

Vodafone in the Dock After Leaking Hacks’ Records to Cops
Operator accidentally handed over records of over 1,700 News UK staffers

Enterprise Wearable Device Use to Soar Despite Security Risks
Trend Micro report claims UK IT leaders are ill-prepared

Adobe Releases Out-of-Band Patch for Flash
Exploit kit authors reverse engineered October’s Flash update in two days.

6 Million Email Credentials Leaked in 3 Months
2014's record number of data breaches is taking a toll on consumers and workers alike.

Sony Pictures Hack Shuts Down Network
Reports claim that cyber incursion forced radical response from entertainment giant

Craigslist DNS Hijacker Leads Netizens a Merry Dance
Users of popular listings site redirected to Digital Gangster forum

Widespread Use of Consumer-Grade File-Sharing Threatens Enterprise Security
Rampant use of consumer tools for document management is a gaping security issue that's not being addressed.

Malware Alert: E-Cigarettes Could be Bad for Computer Health
Reports suggest Chinese charger came factory-loaded with malicious software

Symantec Spots Stuxnet-like State-Backed Spyware
Regin is a highly complex, multi-stage modular threat



