cybercrime
Analyzing the Fort Disco bruteforce campaign
In recent months, several researchers have highlighted an uptick in bruteforce password guessing attacks targeting blogging and content management systems. Arbor ASERT has …
Advice on Tor use in wake of Freedom Hosting compromise
In the wake of the discovery that someone has compromised Tor hidden services hosted by Freedom Hosting and injected malicious JavaScript aimed at de-anonymizing specific …
Cybercriminals are doing a better job than the companies they target
What can you learn from reading the exploits of the most successful hacking ring ever brought to justice? Recently, the US Attorney’s Office in NJ unsealed their …
Russians responsible for 30% of mobile malware
Lookout investigated 10 Russian-based organizations, uncovering that the mobile malware industry in Russia has become organized and profitable. These malware businesses …
72k people affected by University of Delaware hack
University of Delaware is the latest of the high-learning institutions in the US to have been hit with a cyber attack that resulted in a data breach. According to a …
Security complexity and internal breaches are key concerns
Growth in external hacking attempts, DDoS and malware attacks, and internal threats to data are the key security concerns for UK businesses. 64% of respondents to a Check …
Apple Dev Center partially back online, still no details about the hack
Parts of the Apple Developer Center are back online after a week long outage caused by an unnamed intruder that has “attempted to secure” personal information of …
The future of phishing: Credit card redirection
Cyber crooks will go at great lengths to get their hand on users’ credit and debit card information. Usually they try to trick them with spoofed emails that lead to …
Stanford University suffers another data breach
Stanford University has suffered another IT breach, and while its scope is yet to be determined, all users of the university’s computer system are advised to change the …
Five charged with stealing 160+ million credit card numbers
A federal indictment made public in New Jersey charges five men with conspiring in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole …
Economic growth and national security are at risk
FTSE 350 companies that are vital to Britain’s economic growth, and crucial to national security, are leaking data that can be used by cyber attackers to gain control of …
Executives lack confidence in their cyber security
More than two-thirds of executives are concerned their companies will not be able to stop such threats, and one in five say their biggest concern is not knowing whether an …
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