Reuters fires social media editor accused of collaborating with Anonymous
Matthew Keys, the former web producer for a Tribune Company-owned television station that was recently charged with providing Anonymous with log-in credentials for a computer …
Researchers discover more BadNews on Google Play
The recently discovered BadNews Android malware was again discovered lurking on Google Play. The Trojan has indeed been bad news for the users that downloaded it unwittingly …
Financial malware hijacking Twitter accounts
Researchers have discovered another active spamming campaign targeting Twitter users. “The malware launches a Man-in-the-Browser attack through the browser of infected …
Data thieves and their motives
Large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012, according to a new Verizon report. Taking the top spot for all …
Wireless hack attacks target critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure control systems are at risk from wireless attacks carried out over Software Defined Radio (SDR), according to Digital Assurance. Critical network …
Dangerous CSRF attacks up 132%
FireHost has announced today its Q1 2013 web application attack statistics, detailing the type and number of the most dangerous cyberattacks blocked by the firewalls that …
The importance of crowd-sourced threat intelligence
Imperva analyzed real-world attack traffic against 60 web applications between January and March 2013 to identify common attack patterns. Businesses can reduce the risk of …
SafeNet releases first crypto hypervisor
At a time when confidence in perimeter security is waning, and organizations are increasingly facing business pressure to adopt cloud strategies and consolidate their data …
ForeScout and FireEye team for APT mitigation
ForeScout and FireEye announced an integrated approach to dynamically mitigate APTs and zero-day attacks. According to FireEye’s 2H2012 Advanced Threat Report, on …
The fight for users’ right to know what companies do with their data
CISPA‘s progress through the two houses of the U.S. Congress is and will be the major topic for discussion for privacy-minded individuals in the U.S. and around the …
The dangers of CISPA
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been recently passed for the second time by the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to be voted on in …
108,000+ account details of Sims players leaked
NewSeaSims, a website where Sims players can download custom content for their characters, has suffered a breach which resulted in the compromise of registered users’ …