Turkey Reveals Scale of Eavesdropping by Spy Agency
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s spy agency eavesdrops on more than two thousand people, mostly foreigners, the deputy prime minister said on Saturday as parliament debated controversial new espionage powers. “As...
View ArticleWriter dishes dirt on ‘sexist’ Assange
The man who tried to co-write Julian Assange’s autobiography says the Australian can be sexist and anti-semitic as well as a courageous purser of the truth – so long as it doesn’t relate to himself.
View ArticleSecurity Brief: Bug Bounties, Belkin WeMo Flaws, University of Maryland Hacked
Massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks continue to make headlines. This week, domain registrar and web hosting company Namecheap reported being hit by a 100 Gbps attack. The attack was...
View ArticleApple vows to fix Mac SSL encryption bug ‘very soon’
Apple said it will fix a bug “very soon” that allows hackers to spy on financial, email, and other personal data on its Mac desktop and notebook line-up.
View ArticleSoftpedia Interview: Incapsula Co-Founder Marc Gaffan on NTP-Based DDOS Attacks
Network Time Protocol (NTP) amplification distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks are becoming more common and more powerful. That’s why weve reached out to Marc Gaffan, co-founder of Incapsula,...
View ArticleReport: Neiman Marcus missed 60,000 alerts about card hack
One month after Neiman Marcus was struck by a massive credit card hack, a new report published by Businessweek sheds more light into the breach.
View ArticleReport: Neiman Marcus missed 60,000 alerts about card hack
One month after Neiman Marcus was struck by a massive credit card hack, a new report published by Businessweek sheds more light into the breach.
View ArticleEricsson Steps Up Network Security Push
Ericsson plans to uncloak its mobile network security activities at Mobile World Congress 2014 , marking the first time the vendor has sought to raise its profile in this increasingly critical area.
View ArticleiPhones may be vulnerable to hacker attack, Apple issues fix
Apps are seen on Apple iPhone 5s in this January 22, 2014 file photo in Washington, DC.
View ArticleAT&T and IBM Partner on Cyber Security Management
ATT and IBM announced a new partnership that the two companies say will offer customers a simplified, single-source for network security and threat management. According to an announcement on Tuesday,...
View ArticleHow ‘NSA-proof’ is the new Blackphone?
According to its creator, U.S. encryption firm Silent Circle, the Blackphone is ‘the world’s first smartphone to put privacy and control ahead of everything else.’
View ArticleShape Security Raises $40 Million to Help Fight Bots
Shape Security, the Mountain View, California-based web security firm that recently emerged from stealth mode, today announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Norwest...
View ArticleCybercriminals Use Pony Botnet to Steal 700,000 Account Credentials, Virtual...
Back in December 2013, security researchers from Trustwaves SpiderLabs revealed uncovering a stash of 2 million account credentials stolen by cybercriminals with the aid of the botnet dubbed Pony. Now,...
View ArticleCloudFlare Buys Anti-Malware Services Provider StopTheHacker
Content delivery network CloudFlare has announced the acquisition of StopTheHacker, a San Francisco-based company whose SaaS services help organizations protect their systems against malware and other...
View ArticleCisco Integrates Security Technologies for Malware Protection
Cisco Systems made multiple announcements Monday touting the integration of recently-acquired security technologies into the company’s efforts to address malware protection. This starts with the...
View ArticleMcAfee Expands Comprehensive Threat Protection in Security Connected Platform
McAfee today announced expanded capabilities to find, freeze, and fix advanced threats faster to win the fight against advanced and evasive targeted attacks.
View ArticleFinancial Institutions Print Cards Themselves, Regular Providers Too Busy Due...
When referring to the recent breach suffered by US retailer Target and the payment cards compromised in the incident, many people only think about the data. However, the process of reissuing the cards...
View ArticleFacebook Scam: We’re Giving Away 180 Xbox One Consoles to Some Lucky People
There are many Internet users who would do anything for an Xbox One. If they see a Facebook competition that promises them the chance to get a console for free, theyll probably jump to the opportunity...
View ArticleGoogle Paraguay Hijacked via NIC.py Hack
An Iranian hacker who uses the online moniker Mormoroth has managed to breach the systems of the Network Information Center of Paraguay (nic.py). The attacker used the access to make it look like...
View ArticleHouse demands more docs in massive Target breach
House lawmakers are stepping up their look into how Target handled last fall’s massive data breach, with a top Republican requesting that the company turn over a pile of internal documents about the...
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