American think tanks are becoming a big intelligence target for hackers from China and other countries, according to Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee.
Android malware for premium SMS fraud continues to grow as a category, and most of it rests on the shoulders of one family of malware: Android.FakeInstaller. However, while FakeInstaller is well-known and included in mobile security software, hackers are now including new features geared to avoid de...
Microsoft has bought the multi-factor authentication (MFA) company PhoneFactor. Financial terms of the deal have not been released. PhoneFactor will largely continue as is until its products are ‘onboarded’ into the Microsoft Volume Licensing programs.
Data loss is the biggest mobile security danger, reveals a new Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) report, but emerging concerns include rogue Wi-Fi access points and Near-Field Communications (NFC) exploitation.
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) chooses CPA over CAPS for its encryption – both CESG-administered security accreditation schemes – and saves the British tax-payer £2.4 million.
Hackers who employ the man-in-the-browser (MiTB) gambit to steal information from computer systems have found a way to more efficiently cast their net. According to researchers at Trusteer, a new strain of MiTB malware can adopt a “one-size-fits-all” approach to collecting compromising data from web...
A US Senate Committee has produced a 140+ page report analyzing the operation and achievements of the hugely expensive fusion center programme – and is far from satisfied with what it finds.
A study by Ponemon Institute, commissioned by Silver Tail Systems, has examined what it calls 'business logic' attacks against websites. This is not hacking in the traditional sense. It is not breaking into into a server and exfiltrating data, it is the abuse of the legitimate logic of a website.
PeRiQuito AB, a Swedish web-hosting company better known as PRQ and even better known as a host for Wikileaks and one-time host of The Pirate Bay, has been raided for the third time by the Swedish police. The reason is not yet known.
Hacktivist collective Team GhostShell is continuing its mission of drawing attention to what it perceives as societal ills, with a hack of data servers at top-rated universities across the globe.
The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee is about to get a new member, from a company with a strong public sector presence: President Obama intends to appoint Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES) President John Stratton to the NSTAC.
More than 4.5 million DSL modems have been hacked in Brazil by exploiting a vulnerability in the firmware. All affected modems used a chip from Broadcom.
This weekend saw a leaflet paperstorm in London, with masked anons handing out flyers proclaiming #OpVendetta slated for 5th November in London. Led by Anonymous UK and Ireland, it is, we are told, “the biggest Anonymous protest in the UK” yet seen.
The latest move by rightsholders in Portugal in the ongoing war against file sharers has backfired dramatically: the Portuguese Prosecutor has declared that P2P file-sharing for personal use is not illegal.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA have issued their Cloud Market Maturity report, outlining the top 10 issues with cloud adoption by businesses. They found that confidence is lowest in government regulation as a factor in driving or securing the market.
Indiana University and the US Navy have created an experimental Android spyware trojan that takes over a device’s camera to take photos and build a 3-D model of the mobile user’s surroundings. The information is then gathered and uploaded to a central server.
Level 3 Communications has launched a new global security solutions portfolio meant to provide an integrated approach for enterprises, encompassing layered security services, Level 3's communications networking and professional services. The solutions will be rolled out in a managed services environ...
Microsoft will be fined for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling from the EU, which had objected to the way the company was using its dominant operating system position to the advantage of its own browser.
ICANN is in the process of renegotiating the basis of the WHOIS database. Last week it reported that it “and the registrars are much closer to reaching a negotiated position on Whois verification and data retention.” But now Europe has said you can’t do that – it’s illegal.