Hackers steal $6.7 million in bank cyber heist
A perfectly planned and coordinated bank robbery was executed during the first three days of the new year in Johannesburg, and left the targeted South African Postbank – …
Threat incidents and security wins in 2011
Having spent much of the year battling data breaches that led to huge information and financial loss, the security industry was likely relieved to see 2011 come to a close. In …
Arachni: Web application security scanner framework
Arachni is an open source Web application security scanner framework, a modular framework that allows fast, accurate and flexible vulnerability assessment. In order to …
Brazen Brazilian hackers opening cybercrime schools
Brazilian hackers are known for their preference for stealing and misusing phished banking credentials and credit card numbers, but also for their penchant to openly brag …
Astaro brings UTM to the cloud
Astaro announced the availability of version 8.3 of the Astaro Security Gateway (ASG). With the ability to launch the ASG in the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud and connect to …
Identities of likely Koobface gang members revealed
It was a well-known fact in security circles that some researchers were involved for quite some time in an investigation aiming at revealing the identities of the individuals …
Security challenges for the finance sector
As the migration to Windows 7 is proving a catalyst to organizations, banks are stepping up to the challenge to protect themselves against malware attacks abusing admin …
PCI pitfalls for retailers
Businesses that process, transmit or store cardholder data must implement security controls as defined by the latest PCI DSS standard. The following are the nine common PCI …
Optical transaction signing device limits ebanking fraud
SafeNet announced the eToken 3500, an electronic signing and strong authentication token-based device that will enable financial services organizations to achieve risk …
Hackers breach T-Mobile Web server, leak staff data
A Web server hosting part of T-Mobile’s official website has apparently been compromised by TeaMp0isoN, a hacker collective associated with Anonymous, and some of the …
Intelligent information governance from Symantec
In order to enable organizations to better protect their information, establish retention policies and streamline their eDiscovery process, Symantec announced its plans for …
Fortinet releases three new appliances
Fortinet introduced three new members to its FortiWeb Web application firewall product family – the FortiWeb-4000C, FortiWeb-3000C FSX and FortiWeb-400C. The new product …
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