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Silk Road 2.0 allegedly hacked, user funds stolen

The second incarnation of the (in)famous Silk Road underground market has been hacked, claims one of its moderators who goes by the online handle “Defcon”, and an …

New global partnership to fight cybercrime

Microsoft announced three new global partnerships with the Organization of American States, Europol and FIS to increase cooperation between international law enforcement and …

Hit with DoS, several Bitcoin exchanges suspend withdrawals

As popular Bitcoin exchanges continue to be bombarded with malformed transactions, a lot of them have decided to temporarily prevent its customers to withdraw their funds. The …

400Gbps NTP-based DDoS attack hits Cloudflare

Matthew Prince, CEO of content delivery network Cloudflare, has confirmed on Twitter on Monday that one of its customers was being targeted with a very big Network Time …

Exposing the profitability of private data

Security breaches, cyber criminals, and organized attacks made it nearly impossible to keep personal and financial data private, according to Trend Micro. This annual report …

As crimeware evolves, phishing attacks increase

The number of phishing campaigns increased by more than 20 percent in the third quarter of 2013, with crimeware attacks evolving and proliferating, according to the APWG. The …

Three US medical device makers breached?

The computer networks of three big medical device makers have been breached by still unknown attackers that were likely after the companies’ intellectual property, the …

Account details of 27,000 Barclays customers stolen, sold to brokers

(In)famous UK-based multinational bank Barclays has been hit this Friday with claims that someone has stolen personal and financial information of some 27,000 of its customers …

Tips for handling your first security breach

When it comes to data breaches, the risk for organizations is higher than ever before – from the calculable costs of leaked data to the less tangible effects on the …

Hackers breach Comcast’s mail servers

After successfully targeting Bell Canada and leaking customer information, hacker collective NullCrew has apparently breached mail servers belonging to Comcast, the largest …

Target attackers misused network credentials of HVAC company

Sources close to the Target breach investigation have named the third-party vendor whose network credentials the attackers used to gain access to Target’s systems. The …

Top ten points in the fight against cybercrime

At a summit of regulators and intelligence chiefs yesterday, the business secretary, Vince Cable, issued a timely warning to all in attendance of the vulnerability of …

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