Infosecurity News
Microsoft Patches 23 Critical IE Flaws in Latest Update Round
Some 12 updates for admins this month
JPMorgan Indictments Show 83Mn Affected in Enormous Breach
A vast criminal enterprise spanned more than a dozen countries, and targeted at least nine major financial and publishing firms.
Amazon Shipping Android Tablets with Pre-installed Trojan
The Cloudsota Trojan is pre-installed on tablets shipping from Amazon and others—affecting hundreds of thousands.
Hardware Encryption Market Expected to Reach $296.4bn by 2020
Hardware encryption considered the most effective form of data protection against unauthorized access, aligning with the actions of various governments who are coming out with stringent regulations pertaining to data protection.
Irish Civil Servants Suffer Privacy Breach after Email Blunder
‘Momentary lapse in concentration’ exposes 300 employees' data
Opsec Blunders Expose Rocket Kitten Masterminds
Iranian attack group’s errors could give white hats the upper hand
Cameron Orders Government Cybersecurity Tests
PM concerned about risk of OPM-style attack
KilerRat Rises to Carry on NJrat's Torch
It has a broad range of capabilities, ranging from stealing credentials stored in browsers to accessing a victim’s webcam.
New Crypto-Ransomware Targets Linux
Instead of targeting end users with weaponized documents that encrypt their file system, this new breed of ransomware is targeting the web servers themselves.
Touchnote Postcard Service Hacked, Affecting Millions
Registered users' names, email addresses and order history have been accessed.
Nuclear EK Infects Major Nonprofit with Kelihos
The bot is used to send spam email, capture sensitive information or download and execute malicious files.
Pentagon to Develop Lethal Cyber-Weapons—Report
Computer code and cyber-weapons capable of killing adversaries will be developed under a new half-billion-dollar military contract.
Lack of Employee Security Training Plagues US Businesses
About 10% of employees have lost a device with sensitive business info, 12% use shadow IT and 37% have access to information that is above their position.
Teenage 'Cracka' Hackers Hit FBI Deputy Director
The group has leaked more than 3,500 names, email addresses and contact numbers of law enforcement and military personnel.
Coffeemakers, Baby Monitors and More Open Up Big IoT Security Holes
Kaspersky Lab's investigation into the connected home discovered that almost all of the devices tested contained vulnerabilities.
iPhone-targeting XcodeGhost Malware Infiltrates US Enterprises
XcodeGhost has maintained persistence—and has indeed evolved to become even more dangerous.
Vulnerability Remediation Much Slower Than Criminal Exploits
Most organizations fail to secure the holes within their environment faster than cyber-criminals can wreak havoc.
The Return of Angler EK: Chinese Website Redirects to Cryptowall 3.0
The Angler exploit kit has freshened up with new Flash exploits and watering-hole techniques.
FIDO Alliance Certifies New iOS, Mobile Devices
Android, Apple, iOS and TouchID users can leverage FIDO authentication in devices, services and applications instead of passwords.
Zero-Day Attack Compromises a Half-Million Web Forum Accounts—Report
Visitors to forums based on vBulletin and possibly Foxit Software are in danger of having their personal information stolen.
