Infosecurity News
Vawtrak is Back and Stronger than Ever
The financial trojan is targeting new countries and building a thousands-strong botnet, representing a top emerging threat.
Center for Internet Security Aims at AWS
Organizations can now leverage cloud-based resources configured for best-practice security controls.
UK Government Coughs Up £5m in Cybersecurity Funding
Money will go into Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies
Twitch Faces Likely Hack—Millions of Gamer Accounts Affected?
Passwords, email addresses, user names, home addresses, phone numbers and date of birth may have been accessed.
UK Government Gets Serious About Cyber Insurance in New Report
Insurers can actively help to reduce cybersecurity risk
Taylor Swift Buys Adult Domain Names to Thwart Fraudsters
US singer now has a .adult and a .porn name
Hilton HHonors Accounts Vulnerable to Total Hijacking
Hackers could have reward points sent as cash to prepaid credit cards or transferred to other Hilton Honors accounts.
ISF Launches Info-risk Assessment Methodology
IRAM2 is meant to help businesses identify, analyze and treat information risk throughout the organization.
US Military in Online Privacy Warning After ISIS Death Threats
Hacktivists post names and addresses of 100 personnel
US Joins with EU, Japan Against China's Vendor Source Code Plan
China is going through with a plan to force tech vendors to fork over source codes and use Chinese encryption.
VaultCrypt, the Russian Ransomware with a Focus on Customer Service
As it migrates to English-speaking regions, VaultCrypt's use of a sophisticated payment site and unusual ransom method sets it apart.
NYPD Cop Arrested for Hacking the FBI, Traffic Databases in Elaborate Scam
Katz used cyber-spying to prey on those looking to sue for personal injury after traffic accidents.
DDoS Blitz Hits Anti-Chinese Censorship Body
Greatfire.org appeals for help to manage 2500 times increase in traffic
TrapX Names FireEye Exec as CEO
Gregory Enriquez plans to focus on defense-in-depth for the data-breach era.
Facebook Adds Payments Feature
As the social network joins the payments fray, it's clear that the system is exciting and useful to everyone—including criminals.
Premera Blue Cross Healthcare Breach Affects 11 Million
Hackers accessed information to commit financial and medical fraud, and get potentially sensitive information about medical conditions.
Silk Road Successor Evolution Disappears From Dark Web
Drugs marketplace goes offline as rumors swirl of exit scam
(ISC)2 Joins Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
As a new fellow, (ISC)2 contributed to the latest briefing to members of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus.
RSA Appoints Elastica, Cisco Vet Ramzan as CTO
Ramzan has a deep background in machine learning and cloud security.
Kilim Facebook Worm Promises Explicit Pics
Gullible users are actually infected with trojan
