AutoIT, a flexible coding language that’s been used since 1999 for scripting in Windows, is now cropping up in next-gen malware like a Zeus variant that efficiently steals information from FTP sites and personal certificates.

Blizzard, the company behind the popular online multiplayer World of Warcraft game, has warned its gamers that a “dangerous Trojan” called Disker is being used to compromise player’s accounts, even if they are using an authenticator for protection.

TAO, Tailored Access Operations, is the elite hacking group operated by the US National Security Agency. Its existence was exposed by the ‘black budget’ for 2013 leaked by Edward Snowden. Now Der Spiegel has published further details on the group that …

Spook gadgets have come a long way from Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone. Reports have surfaced that the US National Security Agency can now turn iPhones into eavesdropping tools.

Customers at eight Boston-area dining establishments owned by the Briar Group may have had their credit and debit card data stolen. The mix of restaurants and Irish-style pubs are popular around the metro area, and include Anthem, City Bar, City Table,…

Back in August, GibsonSec warned that Snapchat’s API was insecure, and offered to help. It got no response, other than Snapchat adding some security features and implying it was safe. Apparently frustrated, GibsonSec published full details on Christmas…

Reports have emerged this morning about a short-lived hack of Skype’s Twitter and WordPress accounts by the Syrian Electronic Army. No evidence of the hack remains, although screenshots purportedly demonstrate that it happened. Unusually, it is in prot…

CryptoLocker, the ransomware that uses a public-private key combo to potentially lock out victims from their files forever, has been striking since mid-September. And since it made its debut, it’s managed to make off with at least $300,000, one $300-or…

A worldwide group of top stock exchanges have gotten together to launch the industry’s first cybersecurity committee, with a mission to aid in the protection of global capital markets.

The accusation, made Friday by Reuters, is that “RSA received $10 million in a deal that set the NSA formula as the preferred, or default, method for number generation in the BSafe software.”