cybercrime
Carder sentenced to 20 years in prison
Member of Organization That Operated Online Marketplace for Stolen Personal Information Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison A Phoenix man convicted after a jury trial last …
US retailers set up center for cyber intelligence sharing
The US Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), along with several of America’s most recognized retail brands, launched the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center …
Average enterprise generates 10,000 security events daily
Damballa released its Q1 2014 State of Infections Report, compiled from analysis of 50% of North American ISP Internet traffic and 33% of mobile traffic, plus large volumes of …
Arrests in international voice-phishing case
Belgian and Dutch judicial and law enforcement authorities, supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol and Eurojust, have concluded an operation resulting in …
The evolution of an Iranian hacker group
Iran-based hacker groups have traditionally concentrated more on website defacement and DDoS attacks aimed at making a political statement, but as time passes, some of those …
Office workers have little trust in digital world
The majority of UK office workers have trouble deciding who to trust in the digital world, however this isn’t surprising considering 14 percent have already been badly …
Google account passwords stolen in phishing attack
Hackers have been stealing Google account passwords in a new and better crafted phishing attack that is hard to catch with traditional heuristic detection, according to …
The prime target for malicious emails
In the first quarter of 2014 spammers started imitating messages from mobile applications. They especially like the popular mobile messengers – WhatsApp, Viber and …
Orange hacked again, 1.3M users affected
French telecom provider Orange has suffered a second data breach in less that four months, and this time the intruders made off with personal information of some 1.3 million …
Industries on the cyber war front line
ThreatTrack Security published a study that looks at the security vulnerabilities of two industries most often targeted by cybercrime: energy and financial services. 72% of …
Attackers rope DVRs in bitcoin-mining botnet in record time
How long does it take for one out of the box digital video recorder to be compromised with malware once the device has been connected to the Internet? The unfortunate answer …
25% of breaches go undetected for more than a day
Recent data breaches have had little impact on the security controls of retail and financial organizations, according to Tripwire. Of the 102 financial organizations and 151 …