Information Security Forum maintains government intervention one of three trends to affect quality of information over next two years.
A March 3 phishing attack targeted 2015 payroll data, containing names, addresses, social security numbers, and salary info.
Developers have access to tools like AddressSanitizer and Valgrind that will tell them when the code that they’re running accesses uninitialized memory, leaks memory, or uses memory after it’s been freed. Despite the availability of these excellent tools, memory bugs still persist, still get shipped...
A new rash of malicious ads on top publishing and media sites surreptitiously inflict ransomware on unsuspecting site visitors.
Huge uptick in Angler activity linked to malicious ads
Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen’s iPhone 5C. Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given the support for strong encryption on iOS dev...
Proofpoint spots new campaigns aimed at US, Middle East and Europe
Only 35% of boardroom executives believe their board has a high level of personal expertise in cybersecurity.
Palo Alto Networks warns users to disable macros
US agency reaches out to hobbyists with Improv program
An annual federal grant for state and local law enforcement agencies would boost cybercrime training and enforcement capabilities.
Trojan downloader Nemucod has unusually high prevalence in Europe, North America (especially Canada), Australia and Japan.
Thousands of confidential records of judges and police officers were leaked by a Russian supporter of former Palm Beach deputy Mark Dougan.
Messaging encryption could be the next target for legal action
New figures highlight scale of the email threat
Orange Cyberdefense is to acquire French Threat Intelligence Provider Lexsi.
Android Marcher trojan uses porn sites to scam users into giving up financial data.
The hackers released Staminus customer information, including that for sites belonging to the Ku Klux Klan.
MWR InfoSecurity has announced the launch of the ninth annual HackFu Challenge, designed to test contenders’ hacking, scripting, tinkering, lock-picking, crypto and problem-solving skills to the extreme.
Online heist is one of the biggest in history