IT is losing the battle on security in the cloud
A majority of IT organizations are kept in the dark when it comes to protecting corporate data in the cloud, putting confidential and sensitive information at risk. This is …
Russian-based cyber spies going after military, intelligence targets
FireEye today released a comprehensive intelligence report that assesses that an advanced persistent threat (APT) group may be sponsored by the Russian government. The report …
ScanBox keylogging framework lurking on disparate watering holes
Watering hole attacks are usually associated with cyber espionage efforts and are booby-trapped with exploit kits that deliver malware onto the visitors’ vulnerable …
Belgacom shares more details about alleged GCHQ breach
Late last year, documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove have revealed that Britain’s GCHQ has allegedly mounted a successful attack against primarily state-owned …
Crooks use stolen magnetic payment card info to make fraudulent chip-enabled transactions
The chip and PIN payment card system – or EMV – is considered to be more secure than the magnetic strip one, but it’s also not bulletproof. Nevertheless, US …
246 percent spike in Apple-themed phishing scams
Phishing scams targeting Apple users saw a dramatic upswing in Q3 of this year. Compared to Q1 2014, Apple users faced a 246% increase in the attacks that masquerade as a …
Top 10 cloud myths
Cloud computing is uniquely susceptible to the perils of myths due to the nature, confusion and hype surrounding it, according to Gartner, Inc. These myths slow things down, …
Cyber security coalition reports on Chinese state-sponsored espionage
Novetta Solutions released multiple reports, the main one being titled “Operation SMN: Axiom Threat Actor Group Report”, which details the characteristics of a …
IBM’s Big Data analytics solution to uncover criminal cyber activity in seconds
IBM announced new high-speed analysis and criminal investigation software that is designed to uncover hidden criminal threats buried deep inside massive volumes of disparate …
APWG launches global cybercrime reporting program
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) announced the establishment of an open-access cybercrime reporting program to speed the collection and redistribution of cybercrime …
Code Red: A global initiative for fighting government surveillance
Well known and widely respected privacy expert and advocate Simon Davies has announced the creation of a new global initiative that’s aimed at supporting the world-wide …
RBS WorldPay hack ringleader finally sentenced
Nearly five years after the day he was indicted, Sergei Nicolaevich Tsurikov has finally been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion for his …
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