cybercrime
Explosive growth of advanced attacks and malicious traffic
The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report, released today, reveals that threats designed to take advantage of users’ trust in systems, applications and personal networks …
User financial info compromised in US Fund for Unicef breach
The US Fund for Unicef, a non-profit NGO headquartered in New York, has notified the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General that it had suffered a breach in November …
Mobile applications being used for DDoS attacks
Prolexic Technologies reported that mobile applications are being used in DDoS attacks against enterprise customers. “The prevalence of mobile devices and the widespread …
Target hackers shopping around for data decryption services?
The target breach and the massive amount of user information compromised in its wake is understandably worrying customers. But what are the odds of it being actually used by …
Top 7 security concerns for 2014
AhnLab announced its “Top 7 Security Concerns for 2014”. Because AhnLab is immersed in the cyber trenches and the cloud, its team is very experienced monitoring …
Neiman Marcus, three other US retailers breached
In the wake of the revelations that US retail giant Target has been targeted by cyber thieves comes the news that American luxury department store Neiman Marcus has also …
Investigating Internet Crimes
Cybercrime is exploding, we all know that. But if you ever wondered about how online crimes are investigated by law enforcement, wonder no more: this guide book goes through …
Stealing money from ATMs with malware
This talk from the 30th Chaos Communication Congress will discuss a case in which criminals compromised and robbed an ATM by infecting it with specially crafted malware. The …
Target breach affects millions who shopped at their stores
US retail giant Target is investigating a security breach that could turn out to be one of the biggest ever, involving compromised payment card information of millions of its …
Top security trend predictions for 2014
AppRiver released its list of the top IT security trend predictions for 2014. They predict organizations will see the following in 2014: State-sponsored attacks and cyber …
RAT-wielding attacker compromises poker player’s laptop
The laptop of a high-profile Finnish poker player has been found to contain spying malware after the device was stolen from and then returned to his room in a 5-star hotel in …
Smarter cyber crime forces industry to change
Sophos released its latest Security Threat Report which outlines the significant changes in cyber criminal behavior over the course of last year and a forecast for their …