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Improving trust in web services

The EU’s cyber security Agency, ENISA, is publishing a series of new studies about the current security practices of Trust Service Providers (TSPs) and recommendations …

Feds arrest Bitcoin Foundation vice chairman and Bitcoin exchanger

The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of and the unsealing of criminal charges in Manhattan federal court against Robert Faiella (also known as …

Operators of email hacking websites arrested in US, China, Romania

As part of an international law enforcement operation involving Romania, India, and China, US federal prosecutors have charged two operators of a United States-based email …

Microsoft reveals law enforcement documents were stolen in latest hack

With a short blog post, Microsoft has announced on Friday that unknown hackers might have accessed and exfiltrated information regarding law enforcement information requests …

Hasbro’s website compromised, serves malware

The official website of well-known toy maker Hasbro has been compromised and found serving malware to unsuspecting visitors on a number of occasions during the last few weeks. …

Feds take over online counterfeit card webshop, arrest its operators

Three men who allegedly ran a one-stop online shop selling counterfeit credit cards and holographic overlays to be used by criminals to make fake identifications, face federal …

US mega-retailer Michaels has likely also been breached

Texas-based specialty retailer Michaels Stores is the latest company to officially announce that it has been targeted by cyber crooks that were after their customers’ …

Which e-commerce sites do more to protect your password?

Consumers increasingly share their personal data, including payment information, with a growing number of e-retailers. The keys that protect their personal data are the …

Week in review: Chrome bugs turns browser into listening device, Target POS malware author reveals himself

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Ad-pushers buy Chrome add-ons, update them to inject ads Google has a new problem: …

Developing countries are more willing to trade privacy for security

Microsoft has released the results of a global survey that tried to answer the question how people around the world see technology and how personal technology has changed …

$2.7 million await successful Pwnium 4 contestants

Google has, once again, called security researchers to participate in its annual Pwnium contest scheduled to be held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver in …

Beware of malicious specialised software keygens!

Masquerading malware as key generators for popular games is a well-known malware-delivery tactic, but it’s not often that you see malicious keygens for other types of …

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