Canadian Teen Arrested for Swatting Attacks
The unidentified teenager is suspected of involvement in 30 such attacks, according to the Ottawa Police Service.
View ArticleStudent who exposed Covert Redirect deflects findings away from ID protocols
What started out as hunting bug bounties eventually turned into Internet scare
View ArticleSanDisk Introduces New Self-Encrypting Solid State Drive
Storage vendor SanDisk announced the availability of its first self-encrypting solid state (SSD) drive this week, which utilizes an AES 256-bit FIPS 197 certified hardware crypto engine to enable...
View ArticleSocial Media a Key Element for Terror Groups: Study
WASHINGTON – Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups have expanded their online presence with increased use of social media, creating new challenges for thwarting attacks, said a study released Wednesday....
View ArticlePhishers Target Execs With Sophisticated Wire Transfer Scam
Researchers at PhishLabs say retail organizations are being targeted by a scam that banks on the companies owing money. According to PhishLabs, the attackers send emails to executives that masquerade...
View ArticleAutomation Is the Key to Identifying Real Threats Among Thousands of Security...
IT security solutions provider Damballa has published its State of Infections Report for the first quarter of 2014. The report is based on the analysis of half of North Americas ISP Internet traffic,...
View ArticleSaudi Government Seeks Hackers
The hackers will be employed by the country’s National Information Center to find vulnerabilities in Saudi Arabia’s networks.
View ArticleHortonworks Acquires XA Secure to Bolster Security for Enterprise Hadoop
Hortonworks, a company that develops, distributes and supports a 100% open source Apache Hadoop data platform for enterprises, today announced that it has acquired data security company XA Secure for...
View ArticleGreenwald Says Book Reveals True Picture of Snowden
WASHINGTON – Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Wednesday his book describing the sequence of events around Edward Snowden’s release of classified documents demonstrates the fugitive former contractor was...
View ArticleSenate: Firms must protect against malicious ads
The Senate warned Google, Yahoo and other leading technology companies Thursday they need to better protect consumers from hackers exploiting their lucrative online advertising networks or risk new...
View ArticleElderwood Attack Platform Linked to Multiple Internet Explorer Zero-Day...
Researchers at Symantec say the Elderwood attack platform is at the center of numerous zero-day attacks launched by hacker crews around the world this year. The Elderwood platform has been linked to...
View ArticlePolice Website Hacked in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Hackers attacked the website of police in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi late on Thursday but no sensitive data has been compromised, an official said. The website of police in the...
View ArticleA Quarter of US Business Users Experienced a Security Issue on Their Private...
A survey conducted by Gartner in the fourth quarter of 2013 provides some important information on the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend and how it impacts the security posture of organizations. The...
View ArticleHow to Protect PII
Personally identifiable information, or PII, is especially valuable to hackers. Here’s how to make sure they don’t get their hands on it.
View ArticleElectronic Frontier Foundation: Most tech giants doing better at protecting data
Last year, only one ISP achieved six out of six stars in protecting user data. Now, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, among a handful of others, have stepped up.
View ArticleFormer Subway Franchise Owner Pleads Guilty to PoS System Hacking
A California man pleaded guilty this week in federal court to charges related to hacking into point-of-sale systems in Subway restaurants around the country. Shahin Abdollahi, aka Sean Holdt, 46, of...
View ArticleFilenames Used by VOBFUS Malware Change Depending on Victim’s Language
Security researchers have come across a new variant of the worm known as VOBFUS. The latest version can speak 21 different languages. Similar to older versions, WORM_VOBFUS.JDN spreads by copying...
View ArticleNetskope Raises $35 Million to Help Enterprises Control Cloud Apps
Netskope, a provider of cloud app security and analytics solutions, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $35 million Series C funding round led by Accel Partners. The Los Altos, California-based...
View ArticleHackers Take Pacific Sea Battle Online, Destroy Crypto-currency and Stun...
About 220 local Vietnamese sites were apparently affected. Six of the victims bore dot-gov domains.
View ArticleInsider Breach Exposes Flowers Hospital Laboratory Data
A former employee may have used the stolen data to file fraudulent tax returns.
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