Clever email campaign delivers deadly ransomware to orgs
A new type of ransomware that obviously concentrates on targeting organizations instead of home users has been spotted by Emsisoft researchers. Dubbed CryptoLocker, the …
Belgacom was breached by Britain’s GCHQ
Earlier this week, the primarily state owned Belgacom – the largest telecom in Belgium, with customers such as the European Commission, Council and Parliament – …
Websites of energy sector companies compromised in watering hole attack
The websites of nearly a dozen energy sector companies have been compromised to serve as so-called “watering holes”, where visitors would be served with malware or …
Eight arrested over £1.3 million theft from Barclays bank
Eight men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) in connection with a £1.3 million theft by a gang who stole the money by …
ENISA report on top cyber threats
ENISA presented its list of top cyber threats, as a first “taste” of its interim Threat Landscape 2013 report. The study analyses 50 reports, and identifies an …
HP helps government agencies protect information
HP announced HP Continuous Monitoring, designed to identify and report IT security vulnerabilities in real time. The solution provides U.S. government agencies with an …
DeviceLock now prevents data leakage from Macs
DeviceLock announced DeviceLock Endpoint DLP Suite 7.3 that delivers essential device control capabilities for corporate endpoints with OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion …
Acronis advances secure BYOD with mobilEcho
Acronis launched mobilEcho 4.5, a mobile file management (MFM) solution that now includes in-app editing tools for Microsoft Office documents and military-grade, certified …
Researchers discover ties between TDSS and ZeroAccess rootkit families
A lot has been said and written about the long-lasting TDSS (or TDL) and the considerably newer ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) rootkits, and the similarities between the two have …
New wave of Shylock Trojan targets bank customers
Cybercrooks wielding the Caphaw (better known as Shylock) banking Trojan are once again targeting users of financial institutions around the world, warns Zscaler. The initial …
Beware of 419 scam emails delivered via CNN’s “Email This” feature
Email spammers often try to take advantage of current news and to impersonate legitimate news sites (usually CNN) in order to bypass spam filters and convince recipients to …
Mobile data security remains weak
Coalfire surveyed 400 individuals working in a variety of industries across North America who are not affiliated with their company’s IT department. Survey findings show …
Featured news
Sponsored
Don't miss
- Tech support scammers impersonate Google via malicious search ads
- Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32
- Authentik: Open-source identity provider
- Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom
- Critical RCE bug in SolarWinds Web Help Desk fixed (CVE-2024-28986)