Posts Tagged ‘infosec’
LulzSec hacktivists given longest sentence ever for hacking
LulzSec, famed British hacktivist collective, have been dealt the longest jail sentences ever for hacking. The group of young hackers has been behind several advanced cyberattacks on institutions across various sectors.
Read MoreLivingSocial hack results in 50 million compromised user accounts
LivingSocial, the daily deals site partially owned by Amazon, disclosed Friday that they had suffered a serious cyber attack. CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy sent an email to his employees to admit the resulting “unauthorized access to some customer data” and that they were “actively working with law enforcement to investigate this issue.”
Read MoreMobile Devices Come Under US Military Scrutiny
At the end of March the Inspector General released a report on the effects of BYOD (bring your own device) on the U.S. military. The findings were a little worrying as the Military lacked some of the basic guidelines that many business have in place. The following points are from the reports findings: Mobile devices were…
Read MoreUS “hacktivist” Says Network Attack is AT&T’s Failure
Andrew Auernheimer, the US “hacktivist” who broke into the network of AT&T said that the attack was done to highlight security failings. Its reported that Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev and Daniel Spitler stole email addresses from 120,000 iPad owners by exploiting a bug in the way AT&T set up its network. Due to this, Auernheimer…
Read MoreFinland Awash With Unsecured SCADA Systems
Despite large scale security measures implemented globally thousands of unsecured SCADA systems have been discovered by security researchers in Finland. Testing last January revealed 2, 915 exposed systems running operations such as building automation, transport and water supply. Researchers from Aalto University looked at responses from 185,000 Finnish IP addresses that hosted HTTP servers. They…
Read MoreAdvertising Botnet Steals Millions
A computer network generating millions of fake advert viewings has been discovered by British web analytics firm Spider.io. The network nicknamed “Chameleon” is made up of 120,000 home pc’s and costs advertisers around $6m per month. Spider.io reports that Chameleon simulated clicks on adverts on over 200 sites and said the botnet was responsible for up to nine…
Read MoreDDoS hacks against U.S. banks to continue
Hacktivist group is planning to launch more distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against U.S. bank sites as part of Operation Ababil.
Read MoreStudy finds 55 percent of SMBs were breached in 2012
Over half of small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute as part of a recent study experienced some sort of data breach last year. Out of the affected businesses, a great deal of breaches were ignited internally, either by mistake or on purpose by employees and contractors.
Read MoreWe need more cybersecurity transparency
As companies now face threats from every angle—foreign, national, and internal—there seems to be a “who, me?” attitude when it comes to security. Many companies handle security incidents in a hush-hush manner, quietly sweeping these all-too-common occurrences under the rug, hidden from the public.
Read MoreSocial media users at risk from Zendesk breach
Social-networkers beware, user information from three social media giants has been compromised as the result of a Zendesk hack.
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