NSA-Linked ‘Extended Random’ Extension Discovered Inside RSA BSAFE: Researchers
A team of university professors say they have found evidence that RSA Security adopted a NSA-linked TLS extension to help the spy agency better crack encryption. News of the extension was broken by...
View ArticleFact or Fiction?: Your Car Is Hackable
At this week’s Symposium on Security for Asia Network in Singapore, security engineers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek will highlight how fellow car hackers can research automotive electronic control...
View ArticleTwo U.S. hackers admit to international cyber crim…
Two American men said to belong to an international cyber crime ring admitted hacking into accounts at banks, brokerage firms and government agencies in an attempt to steal some $15 million, New Jersey...
View ArticleCoinbase denies it was hacked, or that it’s under a government gag order
The bitcoin wallet denied it suffered a hack or data breach, despite the leak of customer email addresses, and said the claims it is under a gag order are “just not true.”
View ArticleTelefonica snaps up VDI startup eyeOS
The Barcelona-based company will help telecoms giant in an effort to target SMEs.
View ArticleWeb TV Service Boxee.tv Hacked, Details of 158,000 Forum Users Leaked
Boxee.tv, the web TV service acquired last year by Samsung, has been hacked. The attacker has leaked a total of almost 800 Mb of data stolen from the companys forums. Last week, experts from Risk Based...
View ArticleTo combat government data requests, Box wants customers to own their cloud...
Will it make it harder for the U.S. government to acquire your customer and business data? Not really. But at least soon it might have to knock directly on your door.
View ArticleCyber Insurance Covers That? 7 Items You Might Not Know
Data breaches and data losses are just the beginning when it comes to cyber insurance. Policies may also cover such items as data forensics.
View ArticleState assessment tests hit by cyber attacks
State education officials say unknown people launched cyber attacks against the tests last week.
View ArticleStolen Laptop Exposes UK HealthCare Patient Data
1,079 patients’ protected health information may have been exposed.
View ArticleSendGrid Hit by Social Engineering Attack
A hacker was able to convince the company over the phone to change a customer’s e-mail address.
View ArticlePhishing Attack Exposes Franciscan Medical Group Patients’ Data
Approximately 8,300 patients’ personal and medical information may have been exposed.
View ArticleSpec’s Hacked
The company says ‘an estimated fewer than 550,000′ people’s credit card or bank information may have been accessed.
View ArticleTwo Men Plead Guilty in US Court to Roles in International Cybercrime Operation
Robert Dubuc, aged 40, of Malden, Mass., and 49-year-old Oleg Pidtergerya, of Brooklyn, NY, have both pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court to being involved in a massive international...
View ArticleFinal Windows XP-Office 2003 Patch Tuesday a light one
Windows XP and Office 2003′s final Patch Tuesday will have only four updates total and only one critical each for Office and XP. The number of vulnerabilities is still undisclosed.
View ArticleDuo Security’s Mobile 2FA Integrated with LastPass Password Management Platform
Duo Security, the firm that specializes in two-factor authentication (2FA) solutions, and password management company LastPass have teamed up. Duo Securitys mobile-based two-factor authentication...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Patch Word Vulnerability Targeted in Attacks
Microsoft announced plans today to release four security bulletins as part of next week’s Patch Tuesday update, including one aimed at a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word. According to...
View ArticleDDoS Attackers Increasingly Use Multiple Attack Vectors
Distributed denial-of-service attacks are costly for businesses, and profitable for attackers – a dynamic that explains why both defenders and hackers must keep innovating. For attackers, that...
View ArticleJuniper Networks to Lay Off 6% of Employees, Review Product Portfolio
Juniper Networks will lay off around 6% of its employees as part of the companys integrated operating plan (IOP). Some changes are also being made to the companys product portfolio. The decision to axe...
View ArticleFacebook doled out $1.5M in bug bounty rewards in 2013
Facebook received 14,763 bug submissions in 2013, a whopping 246 increase in one year.
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