Please turn on your JavaScript for this page to function normally.
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 …

Every two seconds there’s a new victim of identity fraud

Javelin Strategy & Research reports an increase of more than 500,000 fraud victims to 13.1 million people in 2013. Account takeover fraud hit a new record in incidence …

White Lodging confirms POS system breach at 14 US hotels

Hotel management firm White Lodging has confirmed that it has suffered a breach of point of sales systems and has released additional information about the investigation. …

Police ransomware: A multimillion business

The European Cybercrime Centre at Europol published its Threat Assessment on Police Ransomware – a class of computer malware that has seen exponential growth in the …

Target advocates smart cards in wake of breach

The recent avalanche of breaches that resulted in tens of millions of payment cards being compromised has shook both the US retail market and the customers. Despite subsequent …

Don't miss

Cybersecurity news