The PrivateX hacker group breached two Philippine government websites, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), on New Year’s Day.
Service wipes data from government PCs with degaussing
PC Recycler provides electronics recycling services to a number of US government agencies, using degaussing to wipe data from the devices before destruction.
Saudi hackers publish personal data Israeli sports site subscribers
Saudi hackers who claim they are members of Anonymous have breached the Israeli ONE sports website and leaked personal information on 400,000 subscribers.
Raytheon goes on cybersecurity buying spree
Last month, US defense contractor Raytheon acquired two companies that supply cybersecurity products and services to the US military: Henggeler Computer Consultants and Pikewerks Corp.
Critical infrastructure firms should update cybersecurity infrastructure, McAfee advises
Based on its assessment that cyberattacks against critical infrastructure will increase next year, McAfee advises critical infrastructure companies to upgrade their cybersecurity infrastructure.
No rogue certificates were issued by Comodohacker, says GlobalSign
After an extensive review, Belgian certificate authority (CA) GlobalSign said that no rogue certificates were issued and no customer data were exposed as the result of a breach disclosed in September.
India’s Paladion to set up cybercrime monitoring hub in Oman
Indian information security firm Paladion Networks has announced plans to set up a dedicated hub in Oman to monitor and respond to cybercrime in the sultanate.
Buffer overflow vulnerability identified in Sielco Sistemi SCADA system
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning about a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sielco Sistemi Winlog application used to control industrial systems.
Malware blocking – not sandboxing – key to browser security, says Imperva
The browser’s ability to block socially engineered malware, not sandboxing technology, is the most important criteria to judge browser security, argues Rob Rachwald, director of security strategy at data security firm Imperva.
On the second day of Christmas, Mozilla gave two Firefox version 9s
On Tuesday, Mozilla released version 9 of its Firefox browser with fixes for a number of memory safety bugs in the browser engine; then, 24 hours later, it released 9.0.1 to fix a bug that caused Mac, Linux, and Windows users’ browsers to crash.