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163k individuals affected in Butler Uni data breach

Personal and financial information of some 163,000 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and past applicants of Indianapolis-based Butler University have been stolen following a …

DDoS attacks are becoming more effective

Disruptive cyber-attacks are becoming more effective at breaching security defenses, causing major disruption and sometimes bringing down organizations for whole working days, …

Google Drive update fixes data-leaking flaw

Google has fixed a security issue that made some of the files stored on Google Drive and shared with friends or colleagues via a direct link potentially reachable by …

Banking malware sniffs out data sent over HTTPS

Careful online banking users can sometimes spot that something is amiss when malware installed on their computer pops up phishing pages or adds fields to legitimate banking …

The impact of IoT on IT infrastructure

Enterprises say they are prepared for the Internet of Things (IoT) and see it as a potential opportunity. However, as it stands today, there may not be enough network capacity …

State of the Internet: Trends impacting online business

Akamai Technologies provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, overall attack traffic, network connectivity/availability issues, and traffic …

Week in review: “Lawful interception” mobile malware, top infosec tech in 2014, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: (IN)SECURE Magazine issue 42 released (IN)SECURE Magazine is a free …

How does a rogue ad network function?

It’s a well known fact that a considerable chunk of Internet traffic is bogus, made by infected computers that visit sites and click on adverts chosen by malicious …

Germany cancels Verizon’s government contract due to spying fears

Verizon will no longer provide internet services to a number of German government departments, as their contract has been cancelled as part of a restructuration of the federal …

The unlocked backdoor to healthcare data

The majority of healthcare vendors lack minimum security, which is illuminated by the fact that more than 58% scoring in the “D” grade range for their culture of …

How old are today’s networks?

The percentage of aging and obsolete devices in today’s corporate networks around the globe is at its highest in six years, signaling that the global financial crisis of …

PayPal 2FA flow partially mitigated, accounts are safe

In the wake of the revelation of a flaw that allows attackers to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication feature, the e-payment giant has made it temporarily …

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