Infosecurity News

  1. Syrian Conflict: Attackers Steal Rebel Battle Plans

    Long-running civil war goes cyber with targeted attacks

  2. Adult Site Xhamster Hit by ‘Huge’ Malvertising Attack

    Malwarebytes spots 1500% increase in infections with Flash zero day to blame

  3. European Commission Sets 2015 Deadline for New Data Laws

    Council of EU must seek agreement with Parliament before the end of the the year

  4. China to Require US Tech Companies to Submit Source Code for Inspection

    The rules apply to the Chinese banking sector, but there is concern that they could be expanded to other verticals.

  5. US Military to Replace Passwords with "Cognitive Fingerprints"

    How someone types and word-processes can be more personally identifying than simple biometrics.

  6. Insider Threat Alert as Former Spokesman Allegedly Leaks Corporate Data

    TPG Global man alleged to have altered docs before sending them to the press

  7. Regin Was Work of Five Eyes Spooks, Analysis Reveals

    Kaspersky Lab finds link to QWERTY code leaked by Snowden

  8. Github Ups Maximum Bug Bounty Reward to $10,000

    Developer site hoping more researchers will find security holes in the platform

  9. NFL in Privacy Fumble as App Leaks Data

    Hackers could MITM Super Bowl fans and make off with sensitive info, says Wandera

  10. Admins Urged to Patch Linux Now as 'Ghost' Bug Emerges

    Latest flaw could allow remote code execution

  11. Data Protection Warning: Prepare Now for New EU Privacy Laws

    Ninth annual Data Protection Day an opportunity to start compliance work, say experts

  12. Malaysia Airlines Site Back Up as Hackers Threaten Data Dump

    Lizard Squad claims it accessed servers during the web defacement

  13. A-level Student Hangs Himself After Police Ransomware Scam

    17-year-old suffered from a form of autism

  14. HealthCare.gov Shares Patient Data with Marketers

    The White House says the firms are only analyzing the health insurance site's user experience.

  15. Adobe Patches Flash Zero-Day...But It Doesn't Work

    Millions of PCs are still vulnerable to ad fraud, ransomware and malvertising.

  16. Lords Gang Up to Try to Force Snooper’s Charter into Law

    Cross-party alliance tables amendments to existing bill which would sneak in new powers

  17. Journalist Barrett Brown Gets Five Years After Linking to Hacked Stratfor Info

    Brown also threatened FBI agent and intefered with search warrant

  18. China Hits Back at MITM Outlook Claims

    Beijing blames anti-China forces, but Greatfire.org claims its facts add up

  19. Study Uncovers 40,000 Malicious Mobile Banking Apps

    About half of the 40,000 malicious mobile banking apps contain trojanized malware.

  20. Sky to Block Porn and More By Default

    For Sky’s 5.3 million customers, the ISP will block sites with content for 13-year-olds and above.

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