Man Fined $6,400 for XSS Attack on Singapore President’s Website
A Singaporean man has been fined $6,400 for launching a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on the official website of Istana, the residence and office of the President of Singapore, back in November 2013.
View ArticlePatch ready for newly-discovered Linux kernel flaw
Young security researcher Pinkie Pie has found a bug in the Linux kernel that security experts say is urgent to fix.
View ArticleDefault Password Exposes Digital Highway Signs to Hacker Attacks
Highway dynamic message signs (DMS) from LED display and scoreboard systems manufacturer Daktronics are vulnerable to cyberattacks,the Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT (Industrial Control...
View ArticleESET Forum Breached, User Credentials Compromised
The ESET Security Forum has been hacked and the company has confirmed that account credentials of its roughly 2,700 members have been accessed by the attackers.
View ArticleBullGuard Warns: Phishing Attacks Spread After Cryptolocker Disruption
Earlier this week, the US and European authorities told Internet users that they had managed to crack the malware known as Gameover Zeus that had been used to divert millions to the bank accounts of...
View ArticleU.K. Ambulance Service Acknowledges Data Breach
The South Central Ambulance Service mistakenly published the age, sexuality and religion of each of its 2,826 staff members.
View ArticleJust 22 Percent of Law Firms Use Encrypted Email
A LexisNexis survey also found that 52.5 percent of attorneys have used free consumer file-sharing services to share client-privileged communications.
View ArticleHow U.S Intelligence Agencies Manage and Classify Information
What do the Intelligence Community and Classified Information Mean to Us?
View ArticleParis Hilton Hacker Heads Back to Jail
If Cameron Lacroix’s plea agreement is accepted by the court, he’ll be sentenced to four years in prison.
View ArticleIndustrial Cybersecurity Startup CyberX Lands $2 Million in Funding
Israel-based cybersecurity startup CyberX has raised $2 million in an initial funding round led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from the Swarth Group, GlenRock, and angel investor Gigi...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of IT Employees Are Ready to Walk Out the Door: Survey
Survey Shows IT Security Pros Aren’t Getting the Business Expertise Skills They Need at Their Current Companies…
View ArticleHacker Guccifer Sentenced by Romanian Court, Will Serve Four Years in Prison
Notorious hacker Guccifer who is responsible for accessing repeatedly and without authorization several email accounts belonging to Romanian public figures, such as politician Corina Cretu, accused of...
View ArticleData Breach Roundup: May 2014
Third-party vendors played a significant part in a handful of data breaches in May. This is why, experts say, companies must ensure vendors are careful with their data.
View ArticleFAA orders Boeing to protect 737s from computer hackers
The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering Boeing to modify the technology aboard late-model 737 aircraft to prevent a computer hacker from damaging the plane.
View ArticleWeb apps are open doors to hackers, says Trend Micro
Web applications are often an open door to hackers, according to Dawn Smeaton, director of web application security at Trend Micro.
View ArticleCloud Security Lessons From the eBay Breach
If you use eBay in any capacity, you may recently have received an email asking you to change your password.
View ArticleNeil Young Twitter Account Hacked
Whoever hijacked Young’s verified account tweeted various pornographic images, many of them retweets from the account of a prominent porn site.
View ArticleCIA Joins Twitter, Facebook
WASHINGTON – The secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking. “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet,” the Central...
View ArticleSnowden Damage Apparently Less Than Feared: Report
WASHINGTON – Edward Snowden does not appear to have taken as much as originally thought from NSA files, The Washington Post reported late Thursday.
View ArticleSolution or Future Problem
I’m all for this and support the initiatives. But we can never let real humans forget that we’re all here for a reason, whatever our role in security and configuration management may be.
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