Infosecurity News
Seoul Mulls ID Card Overhaul After Series of Catastrophic Breaches
Most identity numbers freely available on black market
Hurricane Panda Hackers Exploit Zero-Day for 5 Months
The advanced Chinese adversary has mounted a heavy cyber-espionage offensive on tech companies.
How to Prepare for a Cybersecurity Career
(ISC)² Foundation and University of Phoenix have developed recommendations to prepare students for cybersecurity careers--and employers for hiring them.
Dropbox: Nope, Not Hacked
The usernames and passwords posted by an anonymous hacker were stolen from unrelated services.
Microsoft Zero Day Traced to Russian ‘Sandworm’ Hackers
Experts urge immediate patching of remote code execution vulnerability
Mayhem Botnet Takes to Shellshock
The Mayhem multi-purpose modular bot for web servers has a new attack vector in the widespread vulnerability.
Android Worm Masquerades as Google App
The Selfmite bug has gotten pushier and more flexible than ever before.
EUROPOL: 100 Cybercriminal Kingpins Control All
EUROPOL said that most of the world’s serious cybercrime is being committed by a "rather limited group of good programmers.”
Snapsaved Admits Photo Hack Exposed Snapchat Users
Third party service loses 500MB of images but says they can't be compiled into searchable database
Facebook Scammers Hide Trojans in Fake Emma Watson Videos
Harry Potter actress used as lure once again to snare over-eager netizens
China Cracks Down on Doxing
China outlaws pubishing personal information about others on the internet.
Rovnix Malware Reloads
A new variant has been tweaked with a domain generation algorithm (DGA) to avoid traffic detection.
(ISC)² Offers Certification Via DHS
It's the first professional organization to have its training course information accessible from the DHS portal.
JPMorgan Hackers Go After 13 More Financial Institutions
The financial attackers found one weapon, and have quickly re-used it, target after target.
Symantec Splits in Two
One business will focus on security, the other on information management
UCL Dunces Deluged by Spam Attack
If it's spam you're looking for, look no further than Gower Street
Web Attacks Increasingly Launched from Amazon Infrastructure
Imperva report reveals attacks growing in number and last longer
Fresh Vish: Phone Scams Splash Back on the Scene
A combination of fraudulent email, texts and phone trees takes aim at credit and debit card data.
Airlines Failing on Cybersecurity, Says New Research
AirInsight findings so far claim 42% don’t have a plan
Massive Qbot Botnet strikes 500,000 Machines Through WordPress
Attackers steal banking credentials and hire out compromised computers to others
