Global Payments, which has never been particularly forthcoming over the loss of 1.5 million card details (it could have been more) in 2012 (it could have been earlier) has now disclosed associated costs of $93.9 million – but it will be more.
99% of mobile malware targets Android
The fact that Android malware is an escalating issue comes as no surprise, but a recent analysis of its sheer ‘market share’ of the mobile malware universe is noteworthy.
iOS app bait-and-switch scams made harder by Apple
Bait-and-switch is a tried and tested scam used in many forms of retail. In the app world it involves tricking users into believing they are buying something ‘good’ while in reality they are buying something bad.
UK cyber-hygiene in need of a good scrub up
Coinciding with the publication of yesterday’s highly critical Defence Select Committee report on the state of cyber security in the military, Major General Shaw points the finger at the public.
FBI warns of renewed fake American Airlines email attack
The FBI has warned that new malware is making the rounds, embedded within faux emails from American Airlines claiming to send order confirmations.
88% of businesses think they’re safe from cyber attack
Overconfidence is apparently endemic when it comes to a sense of cybersecurity: a new study from Deloitte shows that 88% of companies surveyed don’t think they are vulnerable to an external cyber threat, and half don’t have a documented plan in place i…
Virtustream teams up with Vormetric on cloud-based encryption
Cloud-based software firm Virtustream has partnered with enterprise encryption specialist Vormetric to add database encryption and key management to its xStream cloud solution for enterprise compliance requirements
Adobe’s patches for January 2013
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player, and has re-issued its ColdFusion advisory. The Reader update covers 26 vulnerabilities while the Flash update covers a critical vulnerability.
Cisco VoIP phones can be turned into “listening posts”
US security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in Voice over IP (VoIP) phones from Cisco and other manufacturers that leave them wide-open to phone-tapping and remote listening – and have proposed a new defense, dubbed Software Symbiotes.
Romanian hacker sentenced in multimillion-dollar Subway heist
Justice for the $5 Foot-Long continues: In the wake of a multimillion-dollar credit-card hacking effort that targeted Subway sandwich shops in the US, one of its central figures has been sentenced in New Hampshire.