Infosecurity News

  1. White House: Russian Hackers May Still Be on the Network

    A phishing scam was likely the initial vector.

  2. Destructive Cyber-Attacks Blitz Critical Infrastructure – Report

    CNI attacks on the rise and growing in sophistication in the Americas

  3. Bitcoin Flaws Beckon Hackers

    Interpol, Kaspersky uncover that blockchain-based cryptocurrencies could be abused through the pollution of public decentralized databases.

  4. RedSeal Relaunches with $17Mn in Funding

    The funding coincides with new cloud-oriented offerings and an expanded management team.

  5. Combatting the Human Element

    Companies report that the human factor is the largest driver behind security breaches—and addressing it is complex.

  6. Premera Slapped with 5 Lawsuits Over Data Breach

    Three weeks before the breach, federal auditors warned the company that its network-security procedures were inadequate.

  7. Mozilla Adds Opportunistic Encryption for Firefox Browser

    OE cryptographically protects connections even when servers don't support the HTTPS protocol.

  8. Dyre Wolf Lifts $1 Million in Social Engineering Campaign

    Sophisticated cyber-gang uses social engineering to circumvent two-factor authentication.

  9. Goodbye, Bieber? Bug Can Make Any YouTube Video Go Away

    Google paid a student researcher $5,000 for discovering the flaw.

  10. Pirate Bay Clone Attacks Wordpress Sites

    The site uses the Nuclear exploit kit to hit redirected web surfers with a banking Trojan.

  11. Explosive APT Campaign Launched From Lebanon

    Check Point says state-sponsored hackers stayed hidden since 2012

  12. UK Cyber Innovation Zone Launches at Infosecurity Europe

    Eleven UK start-ups have the chance to exhibit and be crowned small company of the year

  13. Remove Admin Rights to Mitigate Most Microsoft Flaws – Report

    Privilege management could remove lower hanging fruit, says Avecto

  14. Former GCHQ Man Nowill Steps Up to Lead Cyber Security Challenge UK

    Industry veteran will be tasked with expanding and finding new sources of income

  15. Serious Fraud Office in Serious Trouble With ICO

    Privacy watchdog fines SFO £180,000 after breach

  16. Beijing May Target Foreign Websites in New DDoS Campaign

    Rights group claims Great Firewall is now imposing Chinese censorship on users globally

  17. Anonymous Pledges 'Electronic Holocaust' Against Israel

    The group is pledging a massive #OpIsrael attack for April 7 to protest "segregationalist Zionism."

  18. UK Online Banking Fraud Jumps 50% in 2014

    Fraudsters ramp up activity against consumers and businesses

  19. Aussie Government Red-Faced After Major G20 Privacy Breach

    Personal information of 31 world leaders was emailed to the wrong person

  20. Massive DDoS Takes Out Anti-China GitHub Pages

    Beijing suspected once again as developer platform struggles

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