Infosecurity News
SMS Spam Report Highlights Football Betting and Payday Loan Spam
Payday loans and sports betting – the latter hitting new heights with the start of the football season – are behind the majority of messaging spam received in the UK.
A DDoS Attack Could Cost $1 Million Before Mitigation Even Starts
A new report suggests that companies are unaware of the extent of the DDoS threat, unaware of the potential cost of an attack, and over-reliant on traditional and inadequate in-house defenses.
SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting Attacks Surge in Q3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection activity is up 32% in the third quarter, as those with malicious intent look to specifically target web-facing and cloud applications carrying sensitive information about organizations and their customers.
UN Nuclear Agency Computers Infected with Malware
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has admitted that some of its computers have been infected with malware for at least the last few months, but denies that any sensitive data regarding its nuclear inspections has been compromised.
Google and Arbor Networks Team Up on DDoS Digital Attack Map
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are getting more frequent and harder to detect. To help companies keep up with daily threat levels, Arbor Networks has collaborated with Google Ideas to create a data visualization map of global attacks.
Consumers Take Their Business Elsewhere After a Data Breach
The costs of data breaches have been well-documented when it comes to remediation and consulting costs, but the more qualitative fallout from a breach, like the impact to brand identity, is harder to pin down.
European Civil Liberties Committee Approves Current Draft Data Protection Regulation
Edward Snowden's leaked information on the character and extent of NSA surveillance brought new impetus to the European Commission's proposed new General Data Protection Regulation, which had been floundering under the weight of extensive US government and business lobbying.
25 New SCADA Flaws Emerge in Critical Infrastructure
Researchers have found at least 25 new vulnerabilities in SCADA software, which controls critical infrastructure that, among other things, keeps clean water and reliable heat and electricity flowing to houses.
TalariaX Receives Renewed Certification as RSA SecurID Partner
Singapore-based TalariaX, and its sendQuick appliance-based SMS gateway, will continue as a SecurID partner for RSA Authentication Manager 8
One-in-Five 9–11 Year-Old Children Admit to Meeting a Stranger They Speak to Online
Today is the first day of Get Safe Online Week 2013, "an annual awareness campaign organized by Get Safe Online (GSOL) to reinforce the fact that people can stay online safely just by following some simple precautions." But neither adults nor children are yet doing so.
The RU:8080 Gang Kicks Off a New Dropbox Password Reset Campaign
Email scams are often given away by poor grammar and typos. AppRiver, however, has discovered a new scam that looks more than usually professional. It's an email that says, "You recently requested a link to reset your Dropbox password. The old one is now marked as "dangerous".
2014 SANS Training Calendar Announced
The SANS Institute has announced an enhanced calendar of training events across Europe for 2014.
Data Breach at Royal Vet College Prompts ICO BYOD Warning
In the wake of a data breach at the Royal Veterinary College, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning organizations they must make sure that their data protection policies reflect how the modern workforce are using personal devices for work.
Cyber Security Challenge and WSS Celebrate Female Code-breakers at Bletchley Park
On Friday 11th October 2013, veterans, women in top security positions and the next generation of cyber defenders met at the home of British code-breaking, Bletchley Park.
Oracle Update Adds Java and Patches 120 Flaws
Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2013, incorporating, for the first time, Java, which was heretofore patched on a separate cycle every four months. The update is massive, fixing 120 flaws across most of Oracle’s product families.
DDoS Attacks Getting Harder to Detect
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are getting harder to identify, and they will most likely be found to originate in Indonesia or China, new research has shown.
A Q&A with Charlie Miller, Computer Security Researcher at Twitter
At the recent Hacker Halted conference in Atlanta, Infosecurity Editor Eleanor Dallaway, spoke to Twitter’s computer security researcher, Charlie Miller, also known for his public hacks on Apple products and his tenure at the NSA. They talked about mobile threats, car hacking and the evolution of the information security industry’s mindset.
Hackers Target Mandiant CEO Via Limo Service
Hackers are apparently stalking Kevin Mandia, chief executive of the cybersecurity company Mandiant.
Google-backed File-sharing Service Spreads Chinese Malware
Most people in the West haven’t heard of it, but Xunlei, a file-sharing service that boasts Google as an investor, has hundreds of millions of users in China. And, it was recently found to be distributing a signed malware known as KanKan.
LockLizard Expands Document DRM Market to Android Devices
LockLizard, a London-based provider of PDF document digital rights management (DRM) controls, is in the final stages of delivering a DRM secured viewer for the Android device marketplace.
