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Facebook is the latest media company to admit it was hacked
On Friday Facebook admitted to being just another hacked media company, joining the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Twitter in admitting a recent breach – although Facebook claims that no user data was lost.
ZeroAccess is top bot in home networks
When it comes to buggy home LANs in the US, the rate of home network infections actually decreased from 13% to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012 – translating to about one in 10 households. But out of that, 6% exhibited high-level threats, such as bots, rootkits and banking trojans, while moderate-level threats included spyware, browser hijackers and adware.
The zombie apocalypse is more than just a prank – it’s a wake-up call
On Monday a few TV stations in Michigan, California, Montana and New Mexico broadcast a warning “the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living.”
Jeremy Hammond's legal team seeks judge's recusal
Hacker Jeremy Hammond is accused of being part of the Stratfor breach. Presiding judge Loretta Preska’s husband, Thomas Kavaler, appears on a list of Stratfor ‘victims’. Hammond’s legal team says this creates an appearance of partiality, and has demanded that Preska be recused.
Healthcare data breaches wane in 2012
Healthcare breaches were among the most high-profile of data leakage incidents last year, but a new study in the US found that the damage is actually lessening year-over-year.
Security is not my responsibility
At least, it is the security team’s responsibility while I am at work, although it is my responsibility while I am at home – concludes a new survey into attitudes toward phishing.
Reveton ransomware gang busted by Europol
The new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, working with the Spanish police and Interpol, has made its first major bust: the Reveton ransomware gang.
Research shows “dramatic growth” in global cyber attacks
Data from Websense Labs has identified a dramatic increase in cyber attacks during 2012, led by an astounding 600% increase in malicious web links detected by the company’s ThreatSeeker monitoring network.
Infosecurity Magazine Launches Information Security Hub on The Guardian website
Information security is rapidly moving up the board agenda, particularly in light of proposed EU legislation that would compel companies to report cyber breaches. Neelie Kroes, Digital agenda commissioner has said that Europe needs to improve how it deals with cyber security. The concern for businesses is the impact that reporting breaches might have on their corporate reputation and the bottom line.
Former Symantec CEO joins FireEye board
Enrique T. Salem, former Symantec president and CEO, has joined the FireEye board of directors, the company announced today
Five-month malvertising campaign serves up silent infections
A large malvertising campaign has been serving up malware infections via web advertisements from online marketing services for at least five months, a Symantec investigation has revealed.
The biter bit – Bit9 hacked
On Friday whitelist security firm Bit9 admitted that it had been compromised, and that its code-signing certificates had been forged to attack a small number of its customers.
Globally, high-malware regions have less broadband
When it comes to malware infestations, it turns out that the most wired regions of the world are actually the least vulnerable.
Employees 'don't think twice' about stealing corporate data
Even though corporate cyber espionage is a perennial headline-grabber, it turns out that the greatest danger of losing trade secrets comes from within.
Visa reveals $11 million ATM heist
Some ring in the New Year with champagne, others with highly coordinated theft operations. In the latter camp, Visa has revealed that cybercriminals pulled off an $11 million ATM heist as 2012 wound to a close.
ESET releases new versions of anti-virus and internet security products
Slovakia-based security vendor ESET has introduced NOD32 Antivirus 6 and ESET Smart Security 6 with anti-theft, a dedicated anti-phishing module and social media scanner
Lucky 13 – a new attack against SSL/TLS
According to the SSL Labs website, “There is little doubt that SSL is the technology that protects the internet. By transforming insecure communication channels into opaque data streams, SSL allows sensitive data to reach its destination uncompromised.”
Malware takes a Nap to avoid detection
Everyone likes to catch some naptime shut-eye now and again – including, apparently, malware. FireEye Labs has encountered stealthy malware that employs extended sleep calls to evade automated analysis systems capturing its behavior.
Trust and Cooperation key to EU cyber strategy, says EC
The strategy and an accompanying proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS) across the European Union is expected to be published today, February 7 2013.
