Infosecurity News
Stuxnet Vulnerability Still Present on Millions of Machines
Unpatched software leaves the door open for widespread cyber-espionage and more.
4.5 Million Records Stolen from Community Health by Chinese Hackers
Rather than intellectual property, the hackers went after patients’ personal data.
GCHQ Scans Entire Countries for Flaws to Exploit – Report
Documents claim British spies are port scanning for vulnerabilities on a massive scale.
Irish Credit Unions Accused of Using Stolen Data to Find Customers
Private investigators allegedly used false identities to trick government staff into handing over personal info
Syrian Hackers Ramp Up RAT Attacks
Social media messages loaded with malicious links and apps prey on fears of surveillance.
NSA’s ‘MonsterMind’ Defense System Could Launch Cyber Counterattacks Against Hackers
Edward Snowden reveals sophisticated new cyber strategy being developed by spy agency
Tesco Hudl Tablets Hacked in Minutes to Reveal Personal Data
Researcher finds bug in firmware making factory reset useless
Longer Passwords are Harder to Crack says Trustwave
Firm claims mixing upper and lower case with numbers and other characters makes no difference.
Huron Legal Adds Data Breach Speciality Practice
In a sign of the times, at least one non-security consulting firm is launching a cyber-incident response service.
Tennessee Electric Sues Bank Over Cyber-Heist
The lawsuit could set an important precedent for cyber-heist liability.
UK SMBs Failing to Manage Ex-Employee Risk
Staff frequently take passwords with them and store business files in personal cloud services, says Intermedia.
Blackberry Z10 Authentication Bypass Opens Remote Access to Hackers
Attackers can use a file-sharing feature to access confidential info or serve targeted malware.
Malware No Longer Avoids Virtual Machines
Most enterprises are implementing virtualization, so malware authors are learning to write their code to attack that infrastructure more effectively.
Android RAT Krysanec Masquerades as Legit Apps
Undetected, the bug sets up a backdoor to siphon off all kinds of personal information.
LastPass Users Left in the Lurch After Massive Outage
Datacenter downer as firms are left unable to access key online accounts
Chinese Heart App Virus Slams 100,000 Android Phones
Malware written by software student spreads like wildfire in the Middle Kingdom.
2014 So Far: The Year of the Data Breach
Attacks are intensifying, and have already claimed 10 million personal records.
SecureAuth Adds Risk-based Authentication Scheme
Latest stab at "post-password" security adds live threat intelligence to the mix.
Xiaomi Issues Update After Data Privacy Concerns
MIUI Cloud Messaging made opt-in after negative feedback.
Need Data Breach Statute Compliance? There's an App for That
Data Breach 411 for Apple OS gives executives all the state security breach statutes at their fingertips.
