Can Hacker Techniques Defend Financial Security?
At the upcoming RSA Security conference, researchers from Trustwave will detail how financial institutions can use lessons learned from hacker techniques to boost security.
View ArticleGot Malware? The FBI Is Willing to Pay For It
FBI Looking to Buy Malware From Security Vendors The FBI has placed malware on its shopping list, and is turning to vendors to help the agency build a massive library of malicous software. According to...
View ArticleNumber of Malvertising Attacks Will Soar in 2014, Bitdefender Warns
Serving malware and other shady content through ad networks is an attack vector preferred by more and more cybercriminals. Experts warn that the number of malvertising attacks will increase in 2014....
View ArticleHuawei Accused of Hacking Indian Telecoms Company BSNL [Reuters]
Indian officials say that Huawei has allegedly hacked into the systems of Indias state-owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). According to Reuters, an investigation has been...
View ArticleFake HMRC VAT Return Submission Emails Still Making the Rounds
Users in the United Kingdom should be on the lookout for fake VAT return emails that purport to come from HMRC. The emails carry the subject line Successful Receipt of Online Submission for Reference...
View ArticleSyrian Electronic Army tries (and fails) to hijack Facebook
The Syrian Electronic Army , a group of hackers who have made a habit of hijacking high-profile domain names, managed to change the domain registration information for Facebook.com, but failed to...
View ArticleOnline Press Freedom Eroding: Watchdog
NEW YORK – US mass surveillance, restrictive legislation and a wave of global cyberattacks drastically restricted online press freedom during 2013, a New York-based media watchdog warned Thursday. The...
View ArticleCertificate Transparency: Small Town Gossip Can Save Web Users’ Privacy
Certificate Transparency Gives Hope That Trust in PKI and SSL Will be Redeemed… SSL is the cryptographic protocol that enables secure communication over the Internet. One of SSL’s key features is...
View ArticleNew iFrame Injection Technique Attempts to Dodge Detection
Researchers with Sucuri have uncovered a new method being used by attackers to infect users via malicious iframes that have taken an extra step to mask their payloads. “In today’s attacks, especially...
View ArticleJudge Denies Juniper Motion for Infringement Against Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks said on Thursday that a judge for the District of Delaware rejected Juniper Networks’ motion for summary judgment of patent infringement, and granted in part several Palo Alto...
View ArticleXBT Pays $100,000 / €73,680 for the DDOS.com Domain
Distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks are making a lot of headlines these days and many companies say they represent the main operation threat that an organization can face. Since DDOS attacks...
View ArticleTarget HVAC Contractor Says It Was Breached By Hackers
A contractor that provides HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) services for Target Corp. said on Thursday that like Target, it too was a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. The attack...
View ArticleAttacks kill 7 in Iraq, including MP candidate
A Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration contractor says it was the victims of a “sophisticated cyber attack operation” that is being investigated by the Secret Service and possibly linked to the...
View ArticleNBC Defends Its “Sochi Olympics Hacking” Story
NBC representatives have responded to the blog post in which Robert Graham of Errata Security calls the NBC News story on hacking attacks against Sochi Olympics attendees 100% fraudulent. In his post,...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to the Insider Threat, Hope Is Not a Strategy
Recently, one of my co-workers walked into my office and informed me of a problem that required attention. It was a tricky problem; one that had no ready, easy solution. So, I closed my eyes and hoped...
View ArticleRaytheon Gets $9.8 Million Under DARPA’s ‘Plan X’ Cyberwarfare Program
Defense contractor Raytheon announced this week that it has been awarded a $9.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of its ‘Plan X’ program. Plan X is a...
View ArticleDysfunctional Congress a Significant Cyber Threat: Security and Compliance Pros
According to a recent survey of security and compliance professionals from U.S. government agencies and contractors, a dysfunctional Congress is a creating a signficant cyber threat to the nation....
View ArticleAccused Silk Road Mastermind Pleads Not Guilty
NEW YORK – The accused mastermind of the online black market Silk Road pleaded not guilty to a host of criminal charges Friday in federal court in New York. Ross William Ulbricht, 29, wearing a blue...
View Article2 Wis. men charged in theft of $5M violin
A Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration contractor says it was the victims of a “sophisticated cyber attack operation” that is being investigated by the Secret Service and possibly linked to the...
View ArticleBank of America Customers Targeted in Massive Bredo Malware Distribution...
Security researchers at AppRiver have spotted an interesting malware distribution campaign that leverages a massive volume of traffic in an effort to evade filtering engines. The attack is aimed at...
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