8 ways to improve wired network security
These basic security precautions on the wired side of the network work whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise We sometimes focus more on the wireless side of the network when it comes to...
View ArticleUnderground Payment Card Store Rescator Hacked and Defaced
Rescator, a popular underground website that sells payment card data, has been hacked and defaced. Rescator has been selling the card data stolen from US retailers Target and Sally Beauty. Brian Krebs...
View ArticleTop Apps for Boosting Mobile Security
Carriers of both iOS and Android mobile devices can improve their mobile security with apps that offer help with password management, encryption and other security best practices.
View ArticleJuniper Networks and Verisign Partner on Hybrid DDoS Protection Solution
Juniper Networks and Verisign have joined forces to provide a hybrid DDoS mitigation service that combines Juniper’s on premise DDoS Secure technology with Verisign’s Cloud-Based DDoS mitigation...
View ArticleBarracuda Launches Web-Based Malware Analysis Tool Threatglass
Barracuda Networks has launched Threatglass, a new tool thats designed for sharing, browsing and analyzing web-based threats. Users can rely on Threatglass to analyze various aspects of a website...
View ArticleThe NIST Cybersecurity Framework – Improving Cyber Resilience?
A few weeks ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the final version of a new set of cyber security guidelines designed to help critical infrastructure providers better...
View ArticleMan Who Hacked and Blackmailed Miss Teen USA Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Jared James Abrahams, the 20-year-old who hacked into the computers of several women, including Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf, has been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison. Abrahams pleaded guilty...
View ArticleResearchers Uncover Attack Campaign Leveraging 25,000 Unix Servers
A team of security researchers has uncovered a widespread attack campaign that has infected more than 25,000 UNIX servers around the world. The finding was made by researchers from ESET, CERT-Bund, the...
View ArticleESET Uncovers Server Botnet That Infected over 25,000 UNIX Machines
Security researchers from ESET, CERT-Bund and other agencies have been monitoring a cybercriminal operation in which over 25,000 UNIX servers have been infected and abused over the past two years. The...
View ArticleNotorious Hacker Diabl0 Arrested in Thailand
Farid Essebar, a 27-year-old Moroccan with Russian citizenship known on the hacking scene as Diabl0, has been arrested by Thai authorities on suspicion of being involved in cyberattacks against Swiss...
View ArticleThailand Arrests Infamous Hacker Wanted by Switzerland
BANGKOK – An infamous computer hacker has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Switzerland on suspicion of hacking into bank computer systems in Europe, an official said Tuesday. Farid Essebar,...
View ArticleFake Video About Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 Hides Malware
Cybercriminals are leveraging the incident involving the Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight to distribute a piece of malware that enables them to open a backdoor on infected computers. At this point,...
View ArticleNSA records foreign country’s phone calls for instant replay
The latest snippet from the Snowden trove of surveillance leaks points to the NSA “swallowing” a country’s entire phone network for recording and later listening.
View ArticleTrustwave Acquires Cenzic for Undisclosed Sum
Trustwave announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Cenzic, Inc., a maker of application security testing solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Cenzic’s solutions help organizations assess cloud, mobile...
View ArticleZDNetGovWeek: CISPA back on the table, Sir Tim wants a new Bill of Rights,...
It’s not good. It’s not newly bad. It’s just not good. In other words, it’s another week and yet more mess. CISPA may be coming back for another round, lots of countries are on the whine-path, and...
View ArticleCongress nudged by NSA nominee to revive CISPA as intelligence reforms take...
The NSA chief-in-waiting’s testimony to Congress may be enough to inspire lawmakers to revive old cybersecurity legislation, which would indemnify Silicon Valley technology giants from sharing their...
View ArticleCrash, bang, boom: Down go all the major browsers at Pwn2Own
Well, that was ugly as sin. None of the major Web browsers–Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox or Safari–could withstand hacker attacks at Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own hacking competition.
View ArticlePwn2Own: 14 browser and plugin exploits the NSA won’t be buying
The Pwn2Own contest has secured at least 14 flaws for vendors to fix.
View ArticleNSA denies infecting millions of PCs with malware, says reports it spoofed...
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has denied claims that it conducts indiscriminate hacking and says it doesn’t impersonate US social media or websites.
View ArticleFake Walt Disney World Pages on Facebook Trick Thousands of Users
There are a number of fake Walt Disney World pages on Facebook that attempt to trick users into thinking that they can win tickets if they share and like some posts. One of these pages was first...
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