Infosecurity News
Adobe Releases Critical but Delayed Reader and Acrobat Patches
Eight vulnerabilities addressed after updates were pulled last week
XSS Flaw Hits Amazon Kindle e-Reader
A successful exploit opens the door to full Amazon account compromise.
UK Government Gets Serious About SME Security
New initiatives spell fresh focus on small business cyber security community
Android Flaw Spells ‘Privacy Disaster’ for 75% of Phones
Metasploit researcher wants to motivate community to think of a solution
WikiLeaks Releases FinFisher Surveillance Spyware to the Masses
The group has created downloads for live, previously unpublished variants of the German spying bug, to highlight increased government snooping.
Researchers Hack Canon Printers To Run 90s Game Doom
Security flaw could introduce major remote attack vulnerability
Nigerian Bank IT Worker Goes Missing After Multi-Billion Naira Heist
Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou sought by authorities after $38.6m is stolen
UK Online Banking Fraud Rockets 71% in 2014
Criminals look to target higher value business accounts
NSA Breached German Telcos to Map the Internet
Treasure Map operation designed to be a Google Earth for data traffic
US-CERT Warns on Cisco Blade Server Vulnerability
An unauthenticated, remote attacker could cause a denial of service condition for websites running on the architecture.
US Government Requests Access to Non-Existent Dropbox Accounts
Online storage firm sees access requests rise but authorities want to keep it quiet
Craigslist Scammers Traced Back to Five Nigerian Gangs
Over 50% hail from African nation, but many are using US agents, says new research
ICO: 85% of Mobile Apps Failing on Privacy
Watchdog claims too many applications collect excessive amounts of data
Shakira's Death is Widely Exaggerated
The pop singer is alive and well—as are malware-serving campaigns concerning her supposed car accident.
Hacker Threatens to Expose Bitcoin Founder Nakamoto After Cracking Email Account
Pastebin post is said to be genuine, but email account appears to be closed
Machine Learning Platform Slices and Dices Human Chatter for Insider Threat Detection
Big Data analytics engine can ferret out worrying language and activities at scale.
Five Million Gmail Credentials Leaked to Russian Forum
Phishing gambits and scams have quickly followed the leak.
SaaS Security Success Needs Board Buy-in – Gartner
IT security teams also need to transition teams to a more hands-off role, analyst claims
Peter Pan Pegged for Pernicious Panto Phish
Netizens warned not to open suspicious attachments after pantomime ticket scam
Gartner: Let Staff Get Infected to Improve Security Education
IT security professionals need to go against their gut to improve risk visibility and change behavior
