Infosecurity News
Russian APT Group Tosses a Hammer Around
Ingenious Hammertoss uses social media and steganography to hide Russian state-sponsored attackers' activities.
Anthem Breach: Symantec Points Finger at ‘Black Vine’ Group
Cyber-espionage group likely operates from China
Researchers Jump the Security Air Gap With a Feature Phone
Hack requires just a lightweight piece of malware
Google Debuts 'Bring Your Own Encryption'
Users can create and hold keys and prevent anyone, including Google, from accessing their at-rest data within the Google Cloud Platform.
ING, USAA Join Up with FIDO Alliance
Financial services has been an engine for the group's strong authentication standards ever since PayPal joined.
Fujitsu: UK Employees Fail to Grasp Importance of Corporate Data
Research highlights need for improved awareness
SSL Redirect Malvertising Campaign Exposes 10 Million to Angler EK
Cyphort Labs warns users global attack is ongoing
Planned Parenthood Hacked Over Videos
The group obtained data such as employees' email addresses, and plans to show Planned Parenthood "stripped naked."
Zerodium Launches to Buy and Sell Zero-Days
The start-up is backed by Vupen, the French vulnerability dealer that has often drawn controversy for brokering exploits to the highest bidder.
Pakistan to Ban BlackBerry Enterprise Service Over Security Fears
Authorities can’t monitor encrypted comms platform
Three Sentenced for $14m Fraud Scheme
Estonian men masterminded global campaign affecting four million PCs
IoT Security, Privacy Concerns Weigh on Consumers
The convenience that smartwatches and other devices bring is also accompanied by security and privacy issues.
Anonymous Hacks US Census Bureau
Online collective exposes employee data in protest at trade agreements
Spam Landscape Marked By Big Players, Clever Tactics
Spammers are going for more complex tactics, especially on the mobile front.
Trojan Porn-Clicker Infests Android Apps for Hundreds of Thousands of Downloads
Dubsmash, Clash of Clans 2, Minecraft 3, various game cheats and video downloaders and more are being infected with the same malware.
100% of Tested Smartwatches have Big Vulnerabilities
Apple Watch and others have a host of authentication, encryption and privacy flaws.
FireEye Uncovers Turbo Charged Nigerian 419 Group
Payment diversion scammers have hit over 2,000 victims
Microsoft Readies Advanced Threat Analytics for August Release
Redmond promises to root out advanced targeted attacks
Global DDoS Attacks Grow in Size and Speed
The average attack sizes for DNS, NTP, SSDP and Chargen reflection amplification attacks all increased in Q2 2015.
DHS Secretary: I 'Probably' Should Have Stopped Using Gmail Sooner
After cybersecurity experts pointed out holes in the defense that webmail introduces, Secy. Johnson said that he had an epiphany.
