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Law enforcement targets users of BlackShades malware
During two days of operations taking place in more than 10 countries worldwide, coordinated by Eurojust in The Hague and supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at …
Industrial wireless blackout looms
With the intention of preserving bandwidth, the telecommunications industry has written a harmonized standard that does not allow industrial wireless control systems to …
NIST to revise Industrial Control Systems security guide
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment a proposed major update to its Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) …
Week in review: Forged SSL certs in the wild, NSA allegedly backdoors network devices, (IN)SECURE Mag special issue released
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Bitly breach details revealed Bitly has released more details about the …
Google, Facebook combat tech support advertising scams
TrustInAds.org, a new organization founded by AOL, Facebook, Google and Twitter aimed at protecting people from malicious online advertisements, has issued a report that …
Application delivery networks are increasingly at risk
Data centers and modern application delivery networks are increasingly at risk, according to cPacket Networks. At the same time, the tools currently available do not allow the …
Malvertising up by over 200%
Online Trust Alliance (OTA) Executive Director and President Craig Spiezle testified today before the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent …
Cloud optimism outweighs surveillance and breach concerns
With the one year anniversary of the PRISM revelations approaching, CipherCloud gauged the attitudes and insights of attendees at Infosecurity Europe 2014. In light of EU …
CIS Configuration Assessment Tool 3.0 released
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) announced the release of an enhanced version of its CIS Configuration Assessment Tool, known as CIS-CAT. CIS-CAT 3.0 will provide CIS …
Customer loyalty drops following data breaches
Credit and debit card fraud tops Americans’ security concerns in 2014, against a recent backdrop of major retail and banking security breaches, according to Unisys and …
US retailers set up center for cyber intelligence sharing
The US Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), along with several of America’s most recognized retail brands, launched the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center …
(IN)SECURE Magazine Infosecurity Europe special issue released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. This year’s Infosecurity Europe conference and …