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Protecting the underground electronic communications infrastructure

ENISA has released a new report on the Protection of Underground Electronic Communications Infrastructure. This report – targeted at Member States (MS), public …

Sony details employee data compromised in GOP hack

After having disclosed the extent of the employees’ information stolen in the recent hack to the California Attorney General’s Office, Sony Pictures Entertainment …

TorrentLocker exposed: Investigation and analysis

ESET researchers analyzed a widespread case of ransomware generally known as TorrentLocker, which started spreading in early 2014. The latest variant of the malware has …

Attackers worm their way into QNAP NAS devices through Shellshock hole

A worm intent on creating surreptitious backdoors is actively being used to compromise unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) systems around the world by exploiting the …

76% of organizations have suffered a DNS attack

Seventy-six percent of organizations in the U.S. and U.K. have suffered a DNS attack, with 49 percent experiencing one in the past 12 months, according to Cloudmark. The most …

1 in 5 employees going rogue with corporate data

Companies around the world have reason to be worried about the use of cloud applications to share mission-critical information. In fact, 1 in 5 employees has uploaded …

Help Google design the Open Web of Things

Do you have an idea how the Internet of Things should work? You might want to share it with Google. The internet giant has long had an interest in IoT technologies, but is …

eBook: Cybersecurity for Dummies

NOTE: This book is no longer available, thanks for your interest. APTs have changed the world of enterprise security and how networks and organizations are attacked. These …

100k+ WP websites compromised by SoakSoak malware

Sucuri Security researchers are warning about a massive compromise of WordPress sites sporting malicious JavaScript leading visitors to malware. The discovery was made on …

GOP hackers announce more Sony data leaks for Christmas

As the Guardians of Peace announced another explosive data leak for Christmas, Sony Pictures Entertainment got into incident minimization mode by sending out a message to news …

Two newcomers in the exploit kit market

Exploit kits are a great means to an end for malware distributors, who either buy them or rent them in order to widely disseminate their malicious wares. It’s no wonder …

Companies invested millions in privacy in 2014

As the number of data breaches in the U.S. reached 708 in 2014, new research shows that companies are investing millions in privacy and multiple business units are now …

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