Anonymous and affiliates attack Israeli websites
As announced, hacker groups affiliated with Anonymous have joined in the attacks on Israeli web properties. By launching “Operation Israel”, the hacktivist …
Spear-phishing emails targeting energy companies
Information over-sharing can lead to cleverly executed and dangerous spear-phishing campaigns, warns the US Department of Homeland Security and the ICS-CERT. According to an …
WordPress.com adds 2-factor authentication option
WordPress users can finally secure their account(s) with two step authentication. The optional feature has been rolled out on Friday and is accessible to all users. To set it …
New Splunk App for Windows
Splunk announced Splunk App for Windows 5.0 , which delivers enterprise-class monitoring for Microsoft Windows Server. It enables users to monitor their end-to-end …
Generalized single packet authorization for cloud computing environments
Cloud computing environments such as those provided by Amazon and Google can be your passport to powerful computing resources without having to worry about typical …
The rise of everyday hackers
Veracode released its annual State of Software Security Report, which includes research on software vulnerability trends as well as predictions on how these flaws could be …
Week in review: Carberp Trojan developers arrested, thousands of compromised Apache servers directing users to malware
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Hackers attacking US banks are well-funded, expert says The Cyber …
iMessage encryption stumps US federal agents
A recent investigation conducted by US Drug Enforcement Administration agents has been temporarily derailed after they failed to decrypt messages the targets exchanged via …
10 best practices for securing data in Hadoop
Dataguise released ten security best practices for organizations considering or implementing Hadoop. By following these procedures to manage privacy risk, data management and …
Microsoft to release 9 advisories on Tuesday
April 2013 advance notice is out and it forecasts an interesting patching session for Microsoft administrators. There are 9 advisories affecting 16 distinct platforms in 5 …
Tips for securely using free Tube Wi-Fi
GFI Software warned of potential data and device security concerns posed by using London’s public Wi-Fi service, installed across large parts of the London Underground …
Destroy solid state storage and optical media
Data Security unveiled their SSMD-2mm Destruction Device which disintegrates solid state and optical media to particles 2mm in size or smaller. NSA has evaluated the SSMD-2mm …