Infosecurity News
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
Just One Critical IE Bulletin for September’s Patch Tuesday
Admins look forward to a lighter round of Microsoft security updates
Feinstein: No Privacy Worries in Cyber Info-sharing Act
The latest government cybersecurity bill has come under attack.
Vawtrak/Gozi Banking Trojan Poised to Become Major Threat
New capabilities are expanding the malware's target area and threat level.
Apple CEO: iCloud Nude Photo Hack Wasn't Our Fault
Tim Cook stressed the "awareness piece" and said that 2FA is coming for mobile logins.
Barclays Unveils Vein Scanner to Authenticate Customers
Bank jumps aboard the biometrics bandwagon in bid to reduce corporate account fraud
China Launches Man in the Middle Attack Against Google
Beijing keen to censor and monitor searches made by users of CERNET education network
New York Times Hackers Retool for New Onslaught
APT12 keeps a close eye on media coverage to stay one step ahead of defences, says FireEye
