Trust and Cooperation key to EU cyber strategy, says EC
The strategy and an accompanying proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS) across the European Union is expected to be published today, February 7 2013.
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Joint Microsoft/Symantec operation takes down Bamital botnet
Bamital is a click-fraud and search hijack operation that is estimated to have earned its operators around $1 million annually. Microsoft and Symantec have now identified and shut down all known components of the botnet.
Tridium vulnerability throws building controls wide open to hackers
Imagine if hackers were able to remotely control electronic door locks, alarms, lights, elevators, heating and thermostat systems, and other physical industrial facilities? Well it turns out that, thanks to a critical vulnerability in Honeywell industr…
Juniper Networks acquires Accumuli’s Webscreen DDoS mitigation technology
The agreement, effective from February 4, 2013, gives the US networking giant the Webscreen technology plus some assets, while providing Accumuli with $10 million to invest in its core services.
ForeScout and AirWatch team up on enterprise-based BYOD solutions
Two vendors specializing in enterprise-based mobile security recently announced a partnership that will integrate their technologies for BYOD deployments
Malware monetization settles into four main vectors
When it comes to malware, threats are coalescing into four typical methods that cybercriminals are using today to extract money from their victims, according to Fortinet Labs. The research also showed increasing activity in mobile malware variants of t…
Visa to support generic EMV to bolster US smart card adoption
Card processing giant Visa is embracing the idea of a common US debit security approach by agreeing to partially open up the kimono on the technology behind its Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) chip card – hoping to facilitate EMV adoption in the process.
Chinese ties suspected in APT targeting aerospace and defense industries
An advanced persistent threat (APT) specifically targeting the aerospace and defense industries has been uncovered, with likely ties to Chinese hackers, security researchers say.
DroidCleaner: Android malware that infects PCs
DroidCleaner, an Android app that claims to free up smartphone memory but actually infects connected PCs, has been removed from Google Play but is still available from third-party app stores.
Iceland expelled FBI agents seeking to question a WikiLeaks volunteer
On Friday, Iceland’s interior minister revealed that two years ago he expelled FBI agents who had arrived unannounced in Iceland to interview an unidentified WikiLeaks associate in August 2011, and had instructed the police not to cooperate with the FB…