Advanced evasion techniques (AETs) rarely receive the full publicity they deserve – possibly because it is a term originally coined by one manufacturer (Stonesoft) to describe how attackers defeat other security manufacturers.
Infosecurity Europe 2013: Minister puts infosecurity at heart of UK growth strategy
Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, opens Infosecurity Europe 2013
Twitter for news and malware: threats spreading through malicious tweets
With 288 million active users, Twitter has proven itself over and over to be a fantastic tool for spreading information and acting as a news source, especially in times of crisis.
Fresh Operation Beebus attack targets military drone technology
Attack on the drones? A dozen organizations in aerospace, defense, telecom and government agencies located in the US and India are the target of an Operation Beebus campaign that goes back to at least as early as December of 2011.
BAE Systems Detica Promotes Need for Security Data Analytics
It has to be accepted that in some areas security simply isn’t working – or at least it’s not working well enough. Time and again it’s discovered that a major breach has occurred, followed by a subsequent revelation that the attackers have been on the …
BadNews Android malware pushes fraud schemes
A new mobile malware family, the appropriately named BadNews, has been found in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play. It masquerades as an advertising network, but in actuality pushes fraud-oriented malware and other “monetiz…
Many SOHO routers vulnerable
A Baltimore-based security firm has evaluated thirteen mainstream routers used by consumers and small offices to connect to the internet, and found all of them vulnerable – 11 of them remotely.
LulzSec hacker Kresinger gets a year in prison
Cody Kresinger, who pleaded guilty in April 2012 to charges of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer – namely, Sony Pictures Entertainment – was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison and 1000 hours community service, and fu…
Gozi is back – and worse than ever
Hopes that the Gozi trojan had suffered a severe setback with the arrest of three gang leaders appear short-lived; Gozi remains and has been integrated into an MBR bootkit making it more dangerous than ever.
Phishing campaign exploits Boston Marathon, Texas Fertilizer tragedies
A combination phishing/iframe redirect/RedKit Exploit Kit/botnet attack is exploiting recent tragic events in Boston and Waco, Texas. The campaign infects machines with the Zeus and Kelihos bots, which steal financial and personal information, send uns…