The UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has published the second of its annual Threat Assessment of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse reports.
MI5 and GCHQ: Britain facing 70 advanced cyber attacks per month
The UK’s MI5 and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have revealed that according to their information-gathering activities, Britain faces around 70 sophisticated cyber-espionage operations per month against its government and industry ne…
Europe furious over latest Snowden revelations
Spiegel Online reported Saturday that it had seen Snowden documents indicating that the NSA had ‘spied’ on both the EU’s diplomatic representation in Washington and its representation to the United Nations.
NIST revamps mobile device security guidelines for smartphone era
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a mobile device management guide for federal agencies seeking secure methods for workers to use smartphones and tablets.
Fake Opera ‘update’ pushes Zbot malware
Norway’s Opera Software has issued an advisory this week detailing a June 19 attack by hackers who breached the company’s network and used one of its older, expired code-signing certificates to digitally sign a Zeus-based piece of malware and package i…
Lotus F1 builds a secure, reliable network
While the Lotus F1 Team prepares for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend, Infosecurity talked to its CIO about the network and security demands in a very unusual business.
Facebook Fix SMS Hack Bug
A UK security researcher has disclosed a bug in Facebook’s code that allowed him to take over any Facebook account in less than a minute – and earned himself a $20,000 bug bounty in the process.
Bruce Schneier joins EFF; stays with BT
Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography, Secrets and Lies and other books, founder of Counterpane (now BT Managed Security Solutions), and designer of the Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms, has joined the board of EFF.
Vormetric receives $15 million cash infusion from investors
A group of investors led by venture capital firm Split Rock Partners has provided $15 million in new funding to Vormetric, the San Jose-based firm that specializes in security and encryption services for virtual, cloud-based and physical environments.
Malware attackers leave behind digital clues
Just as the science of fingerprints, DNA, and fiber analysis have become invaluable in criminal forensics, connecting the dots of an advanced cyber-attack can help identify even the most sophisticated threat actors – if researchers know what to look fo…