As the annual Def Con event prepares to launch in Las Vegas on August 1, 15,000 hackers are planning to descend onto the hot desert landscape. Organizers have however warned federal agents, government security staffers and law enforcement agents that t…
Retina Scans? Yes Please! Just Not for Passwords or PINs
Cue the Mission Impossible theme: Europeans (especially the French) really like the idea of biometrics – ultraviolet fingerprint authentication, vein topography scans and the like – when it comes to slipping into secure corridors and preventing interna…
35,000 Unauthorized Logins at Konami Video Games Company
Konami Digital Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it had experienced 35,252 unauthorized logins (out of 3,945,927 attempts). This occurred within days of a similar experience at Nintendo.
Attackers Using Dropbox and WordPress to Target, Disguise and Distribute
Trusted and popular cloud services Dropbox and Wordpress are being incorporated into sophisticated, targeted APT-style attacks by the same Chinese group thought to be behind the New York Times compromise late last year.
Hitachi ID Systems releases updated ID management offering
The Canada-based ID management specialist has unveiled a new release for its ID Management Suite, with additional features. The firm has also inked a deal with one of Europe’s leading telecommunications providers.
Morningstar Provides (some) Information About Breach
Morningstar Inc, an investment research firm, has disclosed a breach that compromised 2300 credit card details and possibly 182,000 user names and passwords; but the company has provided little additional information.
EMC’s RSA Division Acquires the Aveksa IAM Company
Authentication lies at the heart of security — ensuring that only authorized users can access relevant data is the basis of keeping data safe and companies compliant. This is the role of identity and access management (IAM) systems. But in recent year…
Attack on South Korean targets part of a larger cyber-espionage campaign
The March 20 cyber-attack on South Korean financial services and media firms, known as Dark Seoul, was thought to be significant not only for the high-profile nature of the targets but also for the use of a Master Boot Record (MBR) wiping functionality…
Patch Tuesday preview: July 2013
Microsoft will issue seven security bulletins in this month’s Patch Tuesday tomorrow. Six are marked critical and one is marked important, heralding a busy period for both desktop and server admins.
99% of Android Devices Vulnerable to App Modification
A stealth start-up founded last year has discovered and described a vulnerability that it claims affects 99% of all Android devices – in fact every device sold since Android 1.6 (Donut); that is, nearly 900 million devices.