Phishing attacks are evolving, and becoming more widespread over time: Kaspersky Lab has found that 3,000 UK internet users were subjected to phishing attacks each day for the past year, a notable increase from 1,000 the year before.
Google adds phishing and malware levels to Transparency Report
Google, which flags 10,000 unsafe websites each day, has expanded its Transparency Report to add a section that will shed more light on the sources of malware and phishing attacks.
(ISC)² kicks off Women in Security mentoring program
Women in Security (WiS), a special interest group led by (ISC)²’s London Chapter, is launching a mentoring scheme to help women interested in information security to explore the profession and the opportunities its offers.
‘Hidden’ SOCA Report Shows UK Businesses Regularly Hack Rivals
The Independent has claimed that a report produced and suppressed by the Serious Organized Crime Agency demonstrates that law firms, telecoms giants and insurance companies routinely hire criminals to steal rivals’ information.
Fake anti-virus jumps from PCs to Android
A fresh ransomware scheme is plaguing Android users by way of the well-known FakeAV malware, which has now made the leap from computers to mobile devices.
ATM-like cryptology aims to banish IDs and passwords
Finding a clever way to eliminate the use of passwords and user IDs entirely in a way that offers airtight security is, naturally, an identity technologist’s Holy Grail. CertiVox is the latest security Parsifal, debuting the open-source M-Pin Strong Au…
Bitcoin Foundation told to cease and desist
The Bitcoin Foundation has received a cease and desist letter from the California Department of Financial Institutions, alleging that it may be engaged in money transmissions without the requisite state license.
(ISC)² launches Cyber Warrior Scholarship for veterans
To help combat the widening of the gap between demand for and supply of cybersecurity professionals, the (ISC)²’s nonprofit arm has launched the U.S.A. Cyber Warrior Scholarship program, aimed at providing cybersecurity career training to qualified vet…
The effect of PRISM on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation
PRISM is the US surveillance program that allows the NSA to gain access to the accounts of major US cloud services providers, including the accounts of non-US citizens. The GDPR is the proposed data protection law for the EU. The two are, on the surfac…
Chrome Vulnerable to Camjacking
Camjacking is clickjacking aimed at taking over the PC’s webcam – and although Adobe fixed the Flash vulnerability that allows it back in 2011, it lives on in the Flash implementations of Chrome and (not verified) IE10.