FireEye has identified a hacking group inside Iran that is behind Operation Saffron Rose, one of the first espionage campaigns from Iran that went after US aerospace companies and Iranian opposition inside and outside of the country.
NSA Accused of Installing Backdoors on US Tech Exports
Latest Snowden revelations hit new spy agency head Mike Rogers’ attempts to promote greater transparency
Fresh Phishing Scam Aims at Google Account Passwords
Hackers have been stealing Google account passwords in a new and better crafted phishing attack that is hard to catch with traditional heuristic detection, warns Bitdefender. A particularity in how Google Chrome displays data using Uniform Resource Ide…
HMRC Acted Unlawfully in Hiding Details of Spyware Investigation
Judge rules in favor of Privacy International after criticizing HMRC department for failing to reveal details of an investigation into British business Gamma International. The Andover-based firm was accused of breaking export restrictions.
Point-of-Sale Malware Has Become Highly Sophisticated
Point-of-sale (PoS) systems that process debit and credit cards for retail stores and restaurants are in the dubious limelight these days thanks to high-profile hacks at Target and elsewhere. But PoS malware has been lurking around for a very long time…
Interview: Trey Ford, Global Security Strategist, Rapid7
If you know of Trey Ford, it will probably be as former General Manager at Black Hat. But as of January 2014, he became global security strategist at Rapid7. At Infosecurity Europe, Infosecurity editor Eleanor Dallaway sat down with him to talk about t…
Cybercrime Boss Offers Ferrari Prize for Most Lucrative Online Attack
New video highlights the problem legitimate organizations have in recruiting the best talent
Cybercrime Boss Offers Ferrari Prize for Most Lucrative Online Attack
New video highlights the problem legitimate organizations have in recruiting the best talent
Heartbleed Bug Hits Industrial Control Systems
The Heartbleed saga continues, this time with an industrial control element. ICS vendor Digi International has identified five products that are vulnerable to the bug, where attackers could obtain user credentials and cryptographic keys used to access …
Bitly Compromised; Users Warned to Reset Accounts
Cyber-danger can be found in many places, including, apparently, basic social networking utilities. Link-shortening service Bitly has warned its users that their account credentials may have been compromised; specifically, users’ email addresses, encry…