Infosecurity News
Spammers Target Mobile Messaging Users in New Malware Blitz
Kaspersky Lab reports increase in spam aimed at Whatsapp, Viber and Google Hangouts users
Saudi Aramco Cyber Attacks a ‘wake-up call’, Says Former NSA Boss
Gen. Keith Alexander warns of threat to CNI systems, but experts question whether 2012 incident was a game changer.
World’s Most Advanced Hackers are in Russia and Eastern Europe
At Infosecurity Europe 2014, Eleanor Dallaway caught up with Ross Brewer, vice president and managing director for international markets, and Mike Reagan, CMO at LogRhythm to talk insider threats, and the global threat landscape…
Japan and EU Shake Hands on Cyber Security Agreement
Leaders met in Brussels this week, agreeing to a formal cyber dialogue and to share knowledge going forward
Cloudy with a Chance of Data Leakage: Dropbox Cops to Shared Links Flaw
Using file sync and share applications can put sensitive personal information, and potentially sensitive corporate information, at risk should a vulnerability be found. Unfortunately, Dropbox has just admitted such a flaw.
ISF: Companies Should Promote Secure Behavior, Rather than Awareness Alone
Organizations have spent millions over recent decades on information security awareness activities, but a recent report asserts that such an approach has flaws.
MI5: Spies and Thieves are Targeting & Grooming Insiders
MI5 has warned British corporate chiefs that foreign intelligence agencies are targeting IT workers within big organisations in a bid to gain privileged access to sensitive data.
Big AOL Data Breach to Blame for Spam Spike
AOL has been hacked, resulting in the compromise of “information regarding a significant number of user accounts.” The data breach is to blame for a large spam/spoofing spike targeting its users.
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > Case Study: Defending Data in the Public Eye
David Jones, head of information security at the BBC, explains how the Corporation protected its data from adversaries including the Syrian Electronic Army.
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > Worst Security Threats go Undetected, Warns Dr Eric Cole
Infosecurity Hall of Fame inductee Dr Eric Cole, chief scientist at Secure Anchor, says the greatest risk to businesses is the threats they cannot see.
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > ICO's David Smith Predicts New Data Protection Laws by 2017
David Smith, deputy commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, gives an update on the EU Data Protection Regulation and how it will affect UK business.
Android Worm Dangles Pictures to Lure Users to Click
A new worm that would seem more at home in the Windows PC environment than on a mobile phone has made an appearance on the Android platform, bringing classic worm behavior with it.
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > Big Data is No Universal Solution for Security Intelligence
Improved monitoring and analytics can improve the information available to IT security teams. But shifting patterns of work mean it only offers partial insights.
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > Whistleblowing Keeps Security Under Scrutiny Says Hypponen
Whistleblowers have exposed issues around data custody and data privacy, says Mikko Hypponen.
UK & Ireland See 'Drastic Spike' in APT Attacks
The UK was one of the top ten countries in the world exposed to APT attacks in 2013, when measured by number of unique verticals targeted. With 12 unique verticals hit, the UK was tied for fourth with France and Thailand.
UK's National Crime Agency Appoints Cyber Crime Unit Director
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has appointed Jamie Saunders as the new director of its National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU).
Infosecurity Europe 2014 > Security Can Be A Business Enabler
Organisations can use security to drive the business forward,an Infosecurity Europe keynote panel says.
Univ. of Central Florida Wins National Cyber Defense Competition
This past weekend, the University of Central Florida defeated nine other finalist teams to win the 2014 Raytheon National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), held in San Antonio, Texas. The largest collegiate cybersecurity competition in the country pitted the top 10 college and university teams against each other to keep a fictional business running while under constant cyber-attack.
HP Addresses Executive Security Gap with Metrics-driven Consulting Service
HP has announced a new consulting services practice, named HP Security Metrics Services, an initiative to provide data that can deepen executive-level security engagement by demonstrating how specific security risks directly imperil business objectives.
China's Google Equivalent, Sohu, Used For Massive DDoS
Sohu.com, China’s eighth-largest website and currently the 27th most-visited website in the world, was the unwitting originator of a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack earlier in the month, which was carried out using traffic hijacking techniques. In all, the application-layer attack consisted of more than 20 million GET requests originating from the browsers of 22,000+ internet users – all turned into unwilling accomplices by the offender.
