The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned about US government claims that a Megaupload user lost his property rights by using cloud storage has implications for all data stored by any user or company with any cloud provider, including Amazon’…
As the cloud expands, CSA offers guidance for Security as a Service
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) guidance report as part of its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Implementation Guidance.
A look at the Russian underground cyber market
“The Russian shadow economy is an economy of scale, one that is service oriented and that has become a kleptocracy wherein crony capitalism has obtained a new lease on life in cyberspace,” says a new report into the cybercriminal Russian underground.
The cyberwar of words and malware between US/Israel and Iran
The cyberwar between the US/Israel and Iran is one of words as well as computer code. It is widely thought that Iranian hackers are behind the recent spate of attacks against US banks, and that the DDoS attack against HSBC was a specific Iranian hacker…
This is a far, far weirder thing than Sony has ever done
Last week it emerged that the William Faulkner estate was suing Sony over the distribution of the Woody Allen movie, ‘Midnight in Paris.’ On the very next day it launched a second suit against Northrop Grumman and the Washington Post.
Hacker Halted: Government Needs to Embrace Bug Bounty Incentive
We have nothing to lose by offering bug bounty rewards, Jeremiah Grossman, Founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security told the audience at Hacker Halted in Miami, 29th October 2012.
Problems at a cyber security conference highlight the difficulties in information sharing
The 12th ICS Cyber Security Conference was held Oct 22-25 at the Old Dominion University’s Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center – but did not quite go to plan…
Anonymous hacks Greek Ministry of Finance
As public demonstrations against austerity measures grow in Greece, and support for far-right organizations such as the Golden Dawn increases, Anonymous hacks into the Ministry of Finance and releases confidential documents just days before the governm…
Hacker Halted: Forget About Securing Devices and Secure the Data
Opening the Hacker Halted conference in Miami, Florida, 29th October 2012, Jav Bavisi, president and CEO of the EC-Council, told the audience that the post-PC era of computing requires a fundamental shift in the security industry’s tactics.
NullCrew continues its hacking spree with a new international operation
NullCrew is a hacking team that bears some similarities to the defunct LulzSec: it has sympathy with Anonymous, but is separate from Anonymous. It does, however, operate with none of the taunting flamboyance that probably led to the downfall of LulzSec.