cybercrime
Virus shuts down gas company’s site and offices
The official website and the email servers of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company – the world’s second largest liquefied natural gas company which distributes …
Cybercriminals use throw-away domains to infiltrate enterprise networks
The first six months of 2012 saw continued increases of malicious infection activity and an intensified danger of email-based attacks as cybercriminals increasingly employed …
UK data breaches up 1000% in five years
Imation today released figures obtained through a request under the Freedom of Information Act which show that data breach numbers in the UK have increased by more than 1000% …
Toyota accuses ex contractor of hacking, stealing trade secrets
A former contractor of Toyota’s U.S.-based manufacturing company has been accused of hacking into the toyotasupplier.com website, of downloading sensitive proprietary …
Cyber incident reporting in the EU
ENISA took a snapshot of existing and future EU legislation on security measures and incident reporting. Their analysis underlines important steps forward, but also identifies …
Aramco hackers threaten to attack oil giant again
The group of hackers that claimed responsibility for the recent Saudi Aramco breach has announced that it will be targeting the company again because they want to prove that …
Israeli firms targeted by cyber extortionists
While Iranian systems seem mostly targeted with state-sponsored espionage malware, Israeli businesses and financial institutions mostly fear cyber extortionists. According to …
AMD attackers continue hacking spree, target Phillips
The R00tbeer Security Team hacking collective is hell-bent on making a name for themselves on the Internet. Following the hack of AMD’s official blog and discussion …
World’s largest oil company Saudi Aramco hit by malware
Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, reported a serious security breach which may caused major disruptions in their network. A piece of malware caused a …
Scientists create algorithm for tracking down sources of online attacks
One of the problems when it comes to catching online criminals of any kind is the fact that it is often extremely difficult to pinpoint the origins of internet attacks – …
New financial malware targeting banks avoids AV detection
Two years ago, Trusteer discovered Silon, a financial malware that was defrauding online banking customers protected by two factor authentication systems left and right. In …
Blizzard confirms hack, urges users to change passwords
Blizzard’s CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed in a letter that the company’s internal network has been breached this week. The “unauthorized and illegal …