John Cartwright, the operator of Full Disclosure, announced yesterday that he has shut down the mailing list. His own post, ‘Administrivia: The End’, is the final entry. It was always a controversial service, frequently publishing vulnerability details…
Sally Beauty Supply Endures the Latest Retail Data Breach
Security isn’t a cosmetic concern, as we’re seeing from the latest retail data breach report. Following the disclosure of an unauthorized attempted intrusion into its network on March 5, Sally Beauty Supply has reported that it has indeed suffered a da…
Sally Beauty Supply Endures the Latest Retail Data Breach
Security isn’t a cosmetic concern, as we’re seeing from the latest retail data breach report. Following the disclosure of an unauthorized attempted intrusion into its network on March 5, Sally Beauty Supply has reported that it has indeed suffered a da…
NSA Collects the Whole Voice Conversation of an Entire Nation
It could, in fact, be at least five nations, with a sixth scheduled for inclusion soon. These revelations were published yesterday in a report based on Snowden leaks just after Edward Snowden himself warned the TED2014 Conference audience in Vancouver …
19-Year Old Saves City of London From Certain Cyber Disaster – Takes Home Masterclass Title
Once again, the UK’s most promising amateur cyber defenders competed to defend the City of London from a simulated cyber-attack, as part of the Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass. A 19-year-old student was crowned the UK Cyber Security Champion after…
Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Not Our Enemy, and Encryption Can Protect It
Edward Snowden was a surprise speaker at TED2014 in Vancouver. Beamed in via a telepresence robot from his exile in Russia, he spoke to TED presenter Chris Anderson, and was joined by ‘father of the web’ Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Snowden said there is more …
Undetected for Years, Operation Windigo Affects Millions of Servers
A vast spam and malware campaign has been uncovered that has seized control of more than 25,000 UNIX servers worldwide, daily affecting half a million computers. The backdoor trojan is responsible for sending more than 35 million spam emails every day.
Trustwave Acquires Cenzic to Add Dynamic Testing
Trustwave announced Tuesday that it has acquired Cenzic for an undisclosed sum, thus combining Trustwave’s static application security testing capabilities and Cenzic’s dynamic application security testing into a single platform.
Trustwave Acquires Cenzic to Add Dynamic Testing
Trustwave announced Tuesday that it has acquired Cenzic for an undisclosed sum, thus combining Trustwave’s static application security testing capabilities and Cenzic’s dynamic application security testing into a single platform.
Commercial RAT Used by Malicious Hackers
Win-Spy is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) stealth monitoring tool. “Start Spying on any PC or Phone within the Next 5 minutes,” says its website. With such products generally available, why should hackers go to the trouble of developing their own RA…