Last month Egyptian hacker ViruS_HimA claimed a hack into a Yahoo server. He provided proof without disclosing any content, and claimed his purpose was to improve security by demonstrating its weakness.
Malwarebiter is fakeAV, warns MalwareBytes
A product advertising itself as the ‘World’s greatest anti-malware software’ is really fakeAV from a site that delivers Zeus via drive-by downloading, says Malwarebytes; but Norton Safe Web doesn’t know it.
Numerous surveillance cameras may be vulnerable to unauthorized access by hackers
About 20 security camera solutions are vulnerable to hackers looking to gain remote, unauthorized access to closed-circuit surveillance networks.
Ransomware threat on the increase
While DDoS and APTs may be the main threat to business, ransomware is increasingly and effectively being targeted against the consumer. A new spike in Trojan.Ransomlock.Y detections has been noted this week.
Google facing legal battle in the UK over Safari cookies
Today is Data Protection Day in Europe (Data Privacy Day in the US/Canada). It also marks the launch of a new Facebook page, ‘Safari Users Against Google’s Secret Tracking.’
Twitter ordered by France to reveal anti-semitic tweeters
A French court yesterday ruled that Twitter must reveal the identities of users who post racist and anti-Semitic comments following demands from the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF).
Senate Democrats introduce 2013 Cybersecurity Act
After a US presidential election season that saw cybersecurity policy come front and center in debates and as planks in political platforms, the US Senate Committee on Commerce said this week that it is reviving the debate surrounding the passage of a …
Eastern European CERTs stage massive Virut botnet takedown
A large Eastern European botnet has been thwarted in Poland and Russia – for now. Local Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and partners have shut down the Virut threat, which in Poland alone commanded more than 890,000 unique IP addresses.
ICO fines Sony £250,000 for loss of personal data in 2011
In a monetary penalty notice dated 14 January but announced today, the Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd £250,000 for a serious breach of the UK’s Data Protection Act.
SCADA password-cracker targets Siemens gear
SCADA vulnerabilities are once again making their frightening selves known with the revelation that a new password-cracker is specifically targeting industrial control systems.