Big DDoS Attacks Hit Record in 2014
NTP attacks provide hackers with the ability to generate high-volume DDoS traffic to target Web sites or public-facing devices in order to disrupt services.
View ArticleSplunk App for Enterprise Security Gets New Features
Splunk, a provider of software that helps organizations gather and make use of machine data from a diverse set of sources, has released the latest version of the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. Now...
View ArticleCard Details Likely Compromised at Goodwill Stores
Multiple financial institutions have reported that details of credit and debit cards used at the Goodwill stores in the United States have been used fraudulently across the country. The investigation...
View ArticleMetro News Website Compromised to Serve Malware
The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated1 millionvisitors every month, has been compromised and abused to distribute a piece of malware, Websense reported...
View ArticleStubHub Hit in Cyber-Attack That May Have Stolen $10M in Tickets
Online ticket service StubHub was reportedly hit in a cyber-attack that compromised more than a thousand accounts.
View ArticleNew Comodo SecureBox Protects Endpoint Applications
Security services provider and certificate authority Comodo announced on Wednesday the launch of Comodo SecureBox, a solution designed to help organizations protect the important applications running...
View ArticleUS Unprepared for Cyber-Attack: 9/11 Report Authors
WASHINGTON – The United States has failed to sufficiently adapt to new cyber-security threats, exposing itself to potential terror strikes as devastating as September 11, authors of the report on the...
View ArticleGeorgia Tech Unveils ‘BlackForest’ Open Source Intelligence Gathering System
GTRI Cyber-security specialists Ryan Spanier, Christopher Smoak, and Bryan Massey (l-r) pose in facilities used to gather information on the activities of hackers and pending cyber attacks. [Georgia...
View ArticleeBay’s StubHub Hit by Cyber Thieves
Hackers found their way into more than 1,000 of StubHub’s customer accounts and fraudulently bought tickets through the online seller, the Associated Press reports.
View ArticleAnti-Car-Hacking Device Costs About $150
An intrusion detection system for cars has been developed by security experts, in order to mitigate the risks posed by the technological advances adopted by the vehicles.One of the most resounding...
View ArticleMicrosoft Account Credentials Targeted In Phishing Campaign
Cybercriminals have deployed a new malicious campaign that aims at collecting the log in data for the Microsoft account of unsuspecting users.The email purports to be from Microsoft and alerts the user...
View ArticleOfficials: More than 1,600 StubHub Users Affected in International Cybercrime...
Six people have been indicted for their roles in an international crime ring involving online ticket-reseller StubHub, officials announced Wednesday.
View ArticleFacebook Attack Redirected Users to Notorious Exploit Kit
Facebook has removed a scam that was redirecting users to the Nuclear exploit kit, according to researchers with Symantec. The scam relied on users getting drawn into clicking on a link promoting a...
View ArticleRemote computer may be extracting text messages, contact, photos from your...
Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week.
View ArticleNew Trojan Infiltrates Korean Organization
Security researchers have encountered a new, particularly small in size Trojan, targeting an undisclosed Korean organization. The malicious file is enclosed in an RTF document that purports to be an...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Is Dead Again on Facebook – Hoax
It seems that the Miley Cyrus death hoax that started to circulate on Facebook towards the end of last week was quite profitable for scammers, so this week they decided to run it again, with a...
View ArticleRemotely Exploitable Flaws Fixed in Siemens SCADA System
A batch of five security vulnerabilities discovered in Siemens SIMATIC industrial automation system, four of them presenting remote exploitation risk, have been patched by the company through a...
View ArticleHackers Probe Dominion Power Staff, Bankroll Pickpockets’ Airfare to London,...
An attacker penetrated a benefits system containing personal information on the energy company’s employees, spouses and partners who went online to schedule a health-screening appointment as far back...
View ArticleHoneymoon over for StubHub scam suspect
Laurence Brinkmeyer appears at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday.
View Article11 signs you’ve been hacked — and how to fight back
In today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind, and antimalware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old.
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