An posting on Naked Security about Hackers are exploiting Waco explosion news to spread malware : Once again, cybercriminals are leaping at the opportunity to take advantage of breaking news stories to spread malware. The latest example, coming just days after malware authors exploited interest in the Boston Marathon bombings, concerns the fatal explosion in Waco, Texas, of […]
An posting From NBC NEWS in there Technology section: WordPress, a popular blogging platform used by individuals as well as big businesses including UPS and eBay, is the target of a widespread botnet attack. The vulnerability that allows hackers to get into WordPress accounts and take them over for other purposes: user accounts where the word “admin” is the […]
An posting from Dark Reading about Developing Data Classification For Stronger Database Security: Data discovery may be an important early step in developing a sound database security program, but in the end it’s just the first step. Ultimately data security controls have to be driven by the different sorts of risk faced by the various types of […]
An posting from Cnet in there security and privacy section : Oracle will release today 128 fixes for security vulnerabilities that affect “hundreds” of its products.The software giant and Java maker said in a pre-release announcement today that four of the patches include fixes for Oracle’s flagship database product, which can be exploited remotely without the need for […]
An posting from Naked Security about Researcher rewarded over $30,000 for nailing three Chrome OS security flaws: Google has patched four flaws – three of them high-risk – in its Chrome operating system and has paid out $31,336 to the researcher who spotted three of them. The flaws are all found in the O3D plug-in: a Google-crafted plugin […]
An posting from Dark Reading about Small Businesses Now Bigger Targets In Cyberattacks: It’s not just the big boys who the bad guys are hacking anymore: Smaller, more vulnerable, and defenseless organizations are now one of the most popular targets, newly published data shows. As targeted cyberattacks increased by 42 percent last year, nearly one-third […]
An posting from CNET News about McAfee, NIST partner to boost U.S. cyberdefenses : Security firm McAfee is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to try to shore up America’s defenses against cyberthreats. McAfee announced today that the company is now part of the the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership and will join cybersecurity […]
An posting from Naked Security about FAA and security researchers at odds over airplane hack security: Two big flight organizations and two avionics manufacturers have released statements refuting last week’s claims by a security researcher that planes can be hacked with an Android app he created. Hugo Teso, who is both a security consultant at n.runs AG and a […]
An posting from dark reading: Researchers at Microsoft have spotted a Trojan downloader that does something very savvy yet rare: it deletes its own components so researchers and forensics investigators can’t analyze or identify it. The so-called Win32/Nemim.gen!A Trojan is also unusual in that unlike most Trojan downloaders that are put in place to deliver the real […]
An posting from Information week in there security sections: The co-author of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) ought to know better. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is also chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told NBC News on Wednesday that the Operation Ababil bank disruption campaign run by al-Qassam Cyber Fighters could be stopped, if only private businesses had unfettered […]
