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CryptoDefense developers “forget” decryption key on victims’ computer

A new piece of ransomware is targeting gullible users, but its developers have made a critical mistake that should allow users to decrypt the affected files without paying the …

Barrett Brown signs (sealed) plea agreement

Barrett Brown, the American journalist that – among other things – is accused of crimes related to the Stratfor hack, has reached a plea agreement with US …

Record year for Facebook bug hunters

With nearly 15,000 submissions – 687 of which were valid and eligible for awards – 2013 has been a record year for Facebook’s bug bounty program. Add to this …

Messaging apps turn to growth hacking to compete

Mobile apps in North America send 8.5 times more invitations per application in the last six months, in a race to gain new users. As part of a new report, AdaptiveMobile has …

Thecus expands SMB and enterprise NAS line

Thecus is pleased to announce the expansion on the company’s SMB and Enterprise NAS line with the 10GbE Ready N7710 and N8810U. These new models offer identical hardware …

Yahoo encrypts traffic between data centers, plans for encrypted Messenger

Newly appointed Yahoo CISO Alex Stamos has announced on Wednesday that the company has begun fully encrypting all the traffic moving between its data centers. The move was …

Details for 30 Oracle Java Cloud Service flaws revealed

Polish security start-up Security Explorations has publicly released technical details and Proof-of-Concept code for 30 security vulnerabilities they found in Oracle Java …

The insider threat is growing

Vormetric and Ovum surveyed more than 500 IT decision-makers at mid and large size organizations in the UK, France and Germany. They found that only nine percent of businesses …

Are you prepared for the end of Windows XP support?

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP next week, on April 8, 2014. Leaving Windows XP unsupported will expose organizations to a growing risk as the number and severity of …

One third of phishing attacks target financial institutions

A new Kaspersky Lab study found that about one third (31.45 percent) of phishing attacks targeted online financial institutions including, banks, online stores and e-payment …

Cybercrooks target IoT devices to mine Bitcoins

The results of a recent investigation by SANS ISC CTO Johannes Ullrich are in: cybercriminals have been targeting a variety of Internet-of-Things devices and infecting them …

Coinbase denies security breach, defends spamming-friendly features

Popular Bitcoin exchange and online wallet service Coinbase has denied that it had suffered a breach and claims that the list of some 2,000 Coinbase user names and emails …

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