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An emerging global threat: BEC scams hitting more and more businesses

As more and more victims come forward, and the losses sustained by firms in the US and around the world passed the billion dollar mark, the FBI is once again warning …

Ashley Madison-themed blackmail, data deletion scams hitting inboxes

In the wake of the Ashley Madison hack and consequent data leaks, blackmailers and scammers are doing their best to extract as much money and information as it’s …

49 new Regin backdoor modules discovered

“Since Symantec and Kaspersky Lab researchers presented their findings on the Regin backdoor late last year, there has been only one additional publicly revealed …

How Linux Foundation sysadmins secure their workstations

Sysadmins around the world have been provided with another helpful guide on how to go about hardening their Linux workstations, as Konstantin Ryabitsev, Director of …

Over 225,000 Apple accounts compromised via iOS malware

“Researchers from Palo Alto Networks and China-based WeipTech have unearthed a scheme that resulted in the largest known Apple account theft caused by malware. All in …

Spotting malicious apps on Android markets just got easier

“Spotting malicious apps before they are offered for download and/or removing them is a tough challenge for every online Android app marketplace, including Google Play, …

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Cloud Storage Security, A Practical Guide

Authors: Aaron Wheeler and Michael WinburnPages: 144 pagesPublisher: ElsevierISBN: 0128029307 Introduction Practically everybody keeps at least some of their data in the …

UDP-based Portmap latest target for DDoS attackers looking to amplify attacks

US-based carrier and global backbone operator Level 3 has spotted a new vector being used for DDoS reflection attacks: Portmapper (or simply Portmap). The Portmap service …

Security flaws could allow attackers to steal over 100 different cars

Since 2012, a trio of European researchers knew that the Megamos Crypto transponder – used in a over 100 cars manufactured by Audi, Ferrari, Fiat, Cadillac, Volkswagen …

Payment card info of 93,000 Web.com customers stolen

The name, address, and credit card information of approximately 93,000 customers of Web.com, a popular US-based provider of Internet services to small businesses, has been …

Stolen Ashley Madison data dumped online, seems legitimate

As you might have heard by now, some 10 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen in last month’s Ashley Madison hack have been leaked by the attackers on the Dark Web and on …

Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE flaw exploited in the wild

Microsoft has pushed out an emergency out-of-band Internet Explorer update, which fixes a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2015-2502) that is being actively …

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