Home Depot Credit Card Breach May Affect All U.S. Locations
The breach may have lasted for several months, making it potentially far more damaging than last year’s three-week-long Target breach.
View ArticleMeet the shadowy tech brokers that deliver your data to the NSA
These so-called “trusted third-parties” may be the most important tech companies you’ve never heard of. ZDNet reveals how these companies work as middlemen or “brokers” of customer data between ISPs...
View ArticleTorrentLocker Ransomware Aims at UK Users
The newly discovered TorrentLocker ransomware with file-encryption capabilities has been observed to target users in UK via spam email purporting to come from Royal Mail postal service.The messages...
View ArticleMac Security Products Put to the Test
Mac Security Products Tested and Reviewed by Leading Testing Labs Two well known independent antivirus testing labs have published the results of tests performed on security products designed for...
View ArticleJPMorgan suffered exodus of tech talent before breach by hackers
As hackers pierced JPMorgan Chase Co.’ s defenses in June, the bank’s cybersecurity chief was just getting acquainted with his employer and its sprawling technology infrastructure.
View ArticleGoodWill Completes Breach Investigation, 330 Stores Affected, Not Their Fault
GoodWill wrapped up the investigation of the PoS compromise reported in July and concluded that customers of 330 stores in the US have been affected by the incident.Goodwill wrapped up the...
View ArticleCompromised Linux Servers Used in Large DDoS Attacks
A botnet composed of poorly maintained Linux servers has been leveraged by cybercriminals to run significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against companies. The attackers mainly exploit...
View ArticleShakira Death Hoax Campaign Delivers Macro Malware
Death hoaxes are generally run on social networks and direct to survey scams, but a recent one claiming that Shakira died is delivered via email and contains a malcrafted Word document to spread...
View ArticleBest jokes about the Apple iCloud nude photo scandal
Hackers compromised the iCloud accounts of about 100 female celebrities, including Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. They swiped intimate photos and posted them on websites like Reddit and 4chan.
View ArticleFlappy Bird Clone Built to Steal Android Photos
A forum post on anonymous image board AnonIP shows that a developer created a function in a cloned Flappy Bird app that would surreptitiously collect all the photos on an Android device and send them...
View ArticlePhishing Quiz Shows Employees Still Have Problems Spotting the Scam
Larger companies initiated programs for training their employees on how to detect phishing attempts, but despite increased awareness about this type of threat, the accuracy level is still quite low.An...
View ArticleBush-era Memos: President Can Wiretap Americans at all Times
WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department has released two memos detailing the Bush administration’s legal justification for monitoring the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant. The...
View ArticleHelen Mirren ‘upset’ her nude shots weren’t leaked online in Hacker scandal
The 69-year-old veteran actress joked that she was upset that she wasn’t chosen as a target, adding that a person wasn’t “anybody if their phone hadn’t been hacked,” the Mirror reported. ‘The Queen’...
View ArticleWatering-Hole Campaign Spies, Then Seeks Out Cyber-Attack Targets
Visitors to a Website dedicated to industrial simulation software and system engineering were secretly monitored by malware that had infected the site in the latest assault on businesses using what’s...
View ArticleHackers Fire Warning Shot at Healthcare.gov
It seems a new challenge threatens the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace every month, but this time, the challenge isn’t website down-time or political grandstanding; it’s hackers. According to...
View ArticleTarget, arguing it’s not liable, files for dismissal of data breach suit
Target is asking a federal judge in St. Paul to dismiss a multi-billion-dollar complaint filed by groups of banks stemming from last year’s massive data breach. The banks claim Target was negligent in...
View ArticleSurvivors of Sydney shop fire say they’re fortunate to have escaped …
Inside the town built for sex offenders: Florida ‘safe haven’ where 200 convicted sex criminals and their relatives live side by side Say goodbye to Summer! Snow comes a month early with SEVEN states...
View ArticleOS X Systems Attacked With Windows Spyware By Cyber-Espionage Group
Code from a five-year-old backdoor program used on Windows, has been integrated in spyware program designed to compromise Mac OS X systems.Researchers analysing the OS X ready malware, dubbed XSLCmd,...
View ArticleFake links to nude celebrities crash New…
New Zealanders keen to view hacked photos of naked celebrities are being blamed for a nationwide Internet meltdown involving the country’s main provider. New Zealanders keen to view hacked photos of...
View Article@CloudExpo | Why Does the #Cloud Attract Hackers?
The cloud is expanding. More applications are being run online. More data is being stored online.
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