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2015 saw 888 data breaches, 246 million records compromised worldwide

Gemalto revealed that in the first six months of this year a total of 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide.Compared to the first half of …

New Android malware could inflict $250,000 of losses

Bitdefender has uncovered CAPTCHA-bypassing Android malware, purposefully left in Google Play apps by unscrupulous developers, with the aim of subscribing thousands of users …

Carbanak APT still targeting high-value financial institutions and casinos

The Anunak / Carbanak hacking group continues to target banks, but has also now hitting Forex-trading companies, casinos, and other institutions from which it can steal large …

Zero-day bugs in Kaspersky and FireEye products found, exploits disclosed

A slew of vulnerabilities – some already patched and some still not – have been revealed to affect several security offerings by some of the most trusted names in …

Ashley Madison developers not big on security

Just a ten minutes long browsing session of the leaked Ashley Madison source code revealed to infosec consultant Gabor Szathmari a number of security mistakes that have likely …

Vulnerabilities in WhatsApp Web affect 200 million users globally

Significant vulnerabilities can exploit WhatsApp Web, the web-based extension of the popular WhatsApp application for phones.The exploit can allow attackers to trick victims …

Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim

“A new mobile ransomware variant uses a clever new technique to push affected users to pay the asked-for ransom: it takes a photo of the user with the phone’s …

Seagate wireless hard drives open wide to attack

Several Seagate wireless hard-drives have been found to be affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the CERT Coordination Center of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie …

Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year

Mozilla has announced on Friday that an attacker managed to access security-sensitive information about a considerable number of (at the time) unpatched Firefox …

Innovative security research comes to Singapore

Hack In The Box is set to host its first HITB GSEC security event in Singapore next month with a 3 day single track conference and an all women fireside chat session held …

Week in review: iOS malware compromising Apple accounts, and fake recruiters on LinkedIn targeting infosec pros

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:Over 225,000 Apple accounts compromised via iOS malwareResearchers from Palo Alto …

Fake recruiters on LinkedIn are targeting infosec pros

“There’s a group of fake recruiters on LinkedIn mapping infosec people’s networks. Not sure what their goal is yet, just a heads-up to others,” …

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