Following a nationwide ban on Twitter last week, thousands of internet denizens have been working successfully to get around the moratorium. Now, Turkey has taken steps to thwart circumvention efforts that will result in IP address filtering – but it c…
Time Warner Fielded Fewer than 250 National Security Information Requests in 2013
In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations and allegations that top ISPs and tech companies were complicit in the mass surveillance of the American people by the NSA, there has been an avalanche of transparency reports detailing law enforcement reques…
Middle East Malware Rates Five Times Worldwide Average
At the RSA conference 2014 in San Francisco, Tim Rains, director of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, spoke to Infosecurity editor Eleanor Dallaway about the security threat landscape in the Middle East.
Zorenium Bot: Heading to an iPhone Near You?
A new bot with the name Zorenium has landed in the criminal underground, with the ability to target Apple iOS devices like iPhone and iPad. It’s not widely known, nor is it widely detectable.
California’s DMV Investigates Card Processing Breach
When Brian Krebs learned of a private MasterCard warning being circulated to banks, he challenged the DMV – and only then did it issue a public statement that it was indeed investigating a potential security issue.
ISACA Launches Digital Badges for Credential Verification
ISACA is taking steps against fraudulent security credentialing with the introduction of digital badges for individuals who have completed one of the group’s training processes.
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Microsoft, and the Country Disappears from the Web
Syrian politics are having big ramifications on the web this week. First up, the Syrian Electronic Army has released what it alleges are hacked invoices from Microsoft that document months of transactions between Microsoft’s Global Criminal Compliance …
One of the Web’s Top Porn Outlets Serves Up Malware
The Google blacklist and malware warnings are handy and give an air of authority – but sometimes the algorithm gets it wrong. Researchers have discovered that one of the web’s top porn providers, beeg.com, which has an Alexa ranking of 332, is currentl…
Retail Tracking and Privacy Crypto Cracked in Minutes, for Less than a Dollar
Retail analytics have been around for a dog’s age, allowing stores – whether virtual or real – to track customer behavior and offer up related offerings accordingly. It’s a central part of the up-sell and cross-sell process that keeps the sector hummin…
Old Vulnerability at the Heart of Escalating PHP Botnet Attacks
Back in October 2013, a public exploit for the PHP server-side framework was disclosed, using a command injection vulnerability found in May 2012 and categorized as CVE-2012-1823. Now, it appears that cybercriminals are still using it, despite the vuln…