data theft
Japanese Parliament’s computers infected, data stolen
As the investigation into the breach of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ networks discovered last month continues, internal sources have confirmed that sensitive and …
Personal info of 9 million Israelis stolen, available online
Personal information of some 9 million Israelis (alive and deceased) has been stolen by a contractor working for the country’s Ministry of Labor and Welfare with the …
Anonymous shuts down child porn sites, leaks usernames
Hacktivist group Anonymous has started a new campaign. Dubbed “Operation Darknet”, it aims to battle child pornography and ISPs that knowingly support and allow …
Nasdaq attackers spied on companies
The systems of the company that operates the Nasdaq Stock Market were breached many times last year, but the actual trading platform was never compromised. A subsequent …
Divorce is less stressful than safeguarding confidential data
How are IT managers coping with today’s threat landscape? Are they properly protected against the latest data-stealing malware? And would employees report if they …
Analysis of 250,000 hacker conversations
Imperva released a report analyzing the content and activities of an online hacker forum with nearly 220,000 registered members, although many are dormant. This forum is used …
4 million identity fraud victims in the UK
Identity fraud continues to rise with 4 million victims in UK alone – yet consumers continue to be complacent with their identities. According to research commissioned …
How the German “Federal Trojan” was actually used
After the Chaos Computer Club hackers made public the results of their analysis of a few samples of the so-called “Federal Trojan” and found it capable of more …
When it comes to intrusions, size matters
A survey of enterprise IT managers and network administrators that has been conducted annually since 2005 shows that there has been a gradual increase in smaller enterprises …
WineHQ database breached; Fedora Project forces password change
Following last month’s compromises of the primary repository for the Linux kernel source code and the websites and infrastructure of the Linux Foundation comes the news …
Trojanized Netflix app steals account login credentials
When Netflix released an Android client app earlier this year, it also witnessed the attempts of various app developers who tried to make a pirated copy of it work on other …
Two state-sponsored groups responsible for RSA breach
Two distinct groups were behind the March attack against RSA’s networks, said RSA president Tom Heiser, and they seem to have been directed in their efforts by a single …