Anonymous Norway Attacks Major Financial Institutions
Multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were directed towards major banks and insurance companies in Norway, including the countrys largest telecommunications company, Telenor, on...
View ArticleHow the Target Breach Has Affected Small Business Data Security
Small and medium-sized businesses may think they’re immune to the kinds of attacks that wreaked havoc on Target last year, but they’re susceptible to the same nefarious forces – sometimes even more so,...
View ArticleSenate Panel Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Bill
Senate Committee ApprovesCybersecurity Information Sharing Act, But Privacy Groups Raise Concerns Over Government Access to Personal Data on U.S Citizens
View Article.com | Former Parly COO has vanished, court hears
As a young boy growing up in the ghettos of SA, I dreamt of being wealthy. But I realised that capitalism defeats its own purpose, writes Matome Letsoalo .
View ArticleGermany Kicks Out Top US Intelligence Officer in Spy Row
BERLIN – Germany on Thursday expelled the CIA station chief in Berlin in an escalating row over alleged spying by the US that has opened the worst diplomatic rift in years between the Western allies.
View ArticleGoogle Gmail App for iOS Doesn’t Perform Certificate Pinning: Researchers
Researchers at Lacoon Mobile Security have uncovered an issue in Google’s Gmail application for iOS they contend could help an attacker performing a man-in-the-middle attack.
View ArticleGoogle Gmail App for iOS Doesn’t Perform Certificating Pinning: Researchers
Researchers at Lacoon Mobile Security have uncovered an issue in Google’s Gmail application for iOS they contend could help an attacker performing a man-in-the-middle attack.
View ArticleNo Likely Data Breach From Reported Chinese Hacking: US
WASHINGTON – The personal data of thousands of US government workers was not compromised in a recently reported cyber attack, officials said Thursday amid fresh allegations that Chinese hackers...
View ArticleGmail for iOS Poses Man-in-the-Middle Attack Risk
A vulnerability that allows a potential attacker to intercept encrypted communication between the Gmail app for iOS and the server via the man-in-the-middle (MitM) technique has been reported by...
View ArticleWant $10,000? Hack a Tesla Motors Model S electric car.
A man looks at Tesla Motors’ Model S P85 at its showroom in Beijing in January 2014.
View ArticleCredit Card Details of 10,000 Exposed in Houstonian Hotel Security Breach
A security breach carried out on the systems of the Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa, with a duration of about six months, lead to credit card details of at least 10,000 customers to be exposed.The...
View ArticleUnisys finds ‘alarming’ gaps in critical infrastructure security
New research by Unisys, in partnership with the Ponemon Institute, has unveiled large gaps in the security of companies operating in the world’s critical infrastructure industries, including oil, gas,...
View ArticleCritical Infrastructure Firms Lag Behind in Cyber-Attack Defenses
Utilities, industrial manufacturers and energy companies expect cyber-attacks in the next year, but these organizations continue to react to threats, rather than build up security measures, according...
View ArticleRussian Accused of Hacking ‘May Die in US Prison’: Father
MOSCOW – The father of a Russian man detained by the US on hacking charges warned Friday his son would die without medical help, raising the stakes in the latest spat between Moscow and Washington.
View ArticleAttackers Use Keyloggers, Email to Steal Data in “NightHunter” Attacks
Researchers have been monitoring the activities of a cybercriminal group that has been harvesting login credentials from the computers of various organizations across the world.
View ArticleNew Trojan Used in Attempt to Resurrect Gameover Zeus Botnet
Cybercriminals have developed a new Trojan largely based on Gameover Zeus in an effort to revive the botnet that was recently disrupted by international authorities.
View ArticleThe Soft Underbelly of Enterprise Cybersecurity: Small Business Readiness
For the better part of the last two years, I’ve been on a bit of a personal campaign.
View Article67 Percent of Critical Infrastructure Providers Were Breached Last Year
Still, only 28 percent say security is one of their organization’s top five strategic priorities.
View ArticleRussian hacker ‘Track2′ arrested in Maldives
Russian hacker Roman Seleznev was arrested over the weekend while vacationing with his partner, Anna Otisko, and their daughter.
View ArticleRomanian Receives Almost Four Years of Jail Time for Phishing
Iulian Schiopu, of Craiova, Romania, was sentenced to serve 45 months in a federal prison for his involvement in a phishing scheme perpetrated against customers of multiple American banks in June 2005....
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