Despite the hoohaa about the ‘Chinese cyberthreat’ (in reality, read east Asia), Russia’s Peter the Great (in reality, read east Europe) is beating Sun Tzu in modern cyber wargames. Eastern Europe has better cybercriminals than eastern Asia.
TDSS/TDL4 ‘indestructible botnet’ is back with 250K victims already
Damballa has discovered a new iteration of the TDSS/TDL4 botnet that, at its height last autumn, infected more than 5.5 million victims. Now, it’s back and is utilizing domain generation algorithm (DGA)-based communication for command-and-control (C&C).
Romanian Subway hackers plead guilty to cyber-fraud
Subway restaurant franchises can rest easy: The culprits behind an international electronic fraud ring that targeted point-of-sale (PoS) vulnerabilities at hundreds of US retail locations have pled guilty to cyber-fraud charges.
The cloud: transforming the role of the infosec professional
Infosecurity caught up with John Howie, COO of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), at the recent ASIS/(ISC)² Congress in Philadelphia, where he discussed how the cloud is altering the role of security professionals
51% of SMB endpoints infected annually
When it comes to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) applications, the cloud and mobility are on the rise, driving an increased need for comprehensive security, according to a new report from Osterman Research, commissioned by Trend Micro.
NullCrew: the principled hacker group?
In a wide-ranging interview broadcast over online Spreaker radio but conducted probably via IRC, UK Anon Winston Smith has been talking to Null, the leader of the NullCrew hacking group.
GSA to implement $2.5B email-as-a-service project
The US General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to implement a five-year, $2.5 billion email-as-a-service (EaaS) strategy, as part of the government-wide cloud computing initiative that helps meet federal mandates for migrating information tec…
Philippines inks Cyber Crime Prevention Act
The Phillipines has signed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 into law, meant to curtail and punish a range of internet-related offenses, from libel to hacking and cybersex to spamming.
Cyber Security Hall of Fame to induct 11 security pioneers
The first inductees of the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame have been announced, representing a collection of pioneers who invented the technologies, created awareness, promoted and delivered education, developed and influenced policy and created b…
China’s smart-grid explosion drives ‘huge’ security spending spree
China’s cybersecurity market is set to explode, growing from a valuation of just $1.8 billion last year to $50 billion by 2020, according to new research from GlobalData. The big 44.7% growth curve – which the firm says is an anomaly on the global stag…