Motivation and techniques of world’s most sophisticated cyber attackers
CrowdStrike released “CrowdStrike Global Threats Report: 2013 Year in Review,” the product of its year-long study of more than 50 groups of cyber threat actors. …
16 million logins compromised, warns German infosec agency
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued on Tuesday a notification warning that some 16 million online user accounts have been compromised, and …
Millions stolen via bluetooth-enabled skimming devices
Thirteen individuals have been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney for stealing victims’ banking information with skimming devices at gas stations throughout the …
Free trial for cloud-based encryption and secure key management on AWS
SafeNet announced a thirty-day free trial of its ProtectV virtual encryption solutions and Virtual KeySecure via AWS Marketplace on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Financial …
Most non-IT employees don’t “get” company IT security policies
DataMotion released results of its second annual survey on corporate email and file transfer habits. Among the findings is a far-reaching communications disconnect between IT …
Cisco introduces Cybersecurity Specialist certification
To meet the increasing challenges of securing enterprise networks evolving in size, scope and complexity, Cisco announced a major revision of the CCNP Security Certification, …
Target POS malware author reveals himself
In an unexpected turn of events, the suspected Russian author of the BlackPOS (or Kaptoxa) has confirmed that he was, indeed, the one who developed it. As a reminder: …
Fake Whatsapp for PC offer leads to banking malware
Brazilian cyber crooks are (in)famous for their predilection for banking malware, and they use every trick in the book to deliver it to potential victims. A recent email …
Companies must improve incident response plans
Security threats are imminent, but CEOs and other members of the management team are in the dark about potential cyber-attacks against their companies, say the results of a …
Card data stolen in Target breach starts getting misused
The payment card information swiped in the massive Target breach has been spotted being misused in Texas, and two Mexican citizens were arrested and are facing federal …
Mac and Windows users targeted with malicious “Failed delivery” emails
A widespread malware delivery campaign in the form of fake “undelivered courier item” emails is targeting both Windows and OS X users, warns Sophos. The emails in …
Financial sector needs non-replicable, single-use credentials
Different tokens, devices, mobile phones, e-signatures, etc. are used to authenticate our e-identities. Yet, some financial institutions are still not considering the risk of …
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