Just weeks before the Leveson Inquiry is expected to deliver a critical report on press ethics to prime minister David Cameron, a new lawsuit over alleged phone hacking is filed; this time against Trinity Mirror Group, including the time when Piers Mor…
Japan & India strengthen cyber-security cooperation
During a meeting to exchange views on regional and international security, including maritime, cyber and outer-space security, India and Japan have agreed to kick off the India-Japan Cyber Security Dialogue, starting with an early meeting in the coming…
Cross-zone scripting vulnerabilities found in Dropbox and Drive
“Exploiting this vulnerability,” announced IBM’s Application Security Insider blog, “an attacker could steal arbitrary files from a DropBox / Google Drive user by tricking him into viewing a malicious HTML file inside the mobile app.”
Passwords: young people are lax, rich people are careful
A new survey on password attitudes shows a difference between age groups, income, marital status and more – providing intriguing data that might be as valuable to the sociologist as to the security industry.
Pacemaker virus could lead to “mass murder”
Hackers now have a new attack vector, but one with much more serious consequences than data theft or financial ruin: pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
Top 5 UK SMS spam campaigns are finance-related
When it comes to mobile spam, some campaigns are destined for the Hall of Fame, thanks to how widespread they’ve become. Taking a look at the contenders, mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile has ranked the top five SMS spam campaigns that have plagued U…
Multi-device, multi-vendor IT security departments lack automation, grow risk
Unsurprisingly, complexity in network security environments, particularly multi-vendor environments, yields risk, according to a new survey. And yet, manual processes and a lack of consolidation across operations is still the norm even as IT department…
Shining a light on zero-day attacks
A new study by Symantec researchers seeks a better understanding of zero-day attacks – and finds them more, prevalent, longer-lasting and more dangerous than hitherto realised.
ISO releases cyberspace-focused security standard
The ISO has released a brand-new cyber-security standard aimed at ensuring the safety of online transactions and personal information exchanged over the internet, including e-commerce, online banking, virtual medical records, remote office applications…
miniFlame emerges as small, highly targeted cyber-espionage tool
Spyware families are propagating, with the latest identified spawn being miniFlame, a “small and highly flexible malicious program” suitable for targeted, in-depth cyber espionage operations, according to Kaspersky Lab.