Latest Computer insecurity Stories
Report Offers New Insight Into Data Thieves and Their Motives; 'Understand Your Adversary' is Critical to Effective Defense and Response NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report" reveals that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012. Taking the top spot for all breaches in the 2013 report is financially motived cybercrime (75 percent), with state-affiliated espionage...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online On Monday, security firm Mandiant released a report which claims the Chinese military has a secret branch used to commit cyberattacks against the US, Canada, the UK and other English-speaking countries. The Friday before, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, announced they had been targeted by a “sophisticated attack” a month before, though no data was stolen. Just yesterday, Apple also announced a similar...
The following article has been updated with new information from Scott Gerlach, Director of Information Security Operations at Go Daddy. redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Users who have their websites hosted by Go Daddy are being infected with ransomware following a recent cyberattack on the company's DNS records, online security experts are reporting. According to Fraser Howard, a Principal Virus Researcher with SophosLabs, the hackers behind these attacks are...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online HSBC said Friday that a number of its websites worldwide had been hit by a large-scale cyber attack, AFP reported. “On 18 October 2012 HSBC servers came under a denial of service attack which affected a number of HSBC websites around the world,” said a statement from HSBC. The bank assured its account holders their data was protected. “This denial of service attack did not affect any customer data, but did prevent customers...
WASHINGTON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. small business owners or operators have a false sense of cybersecurity as more than three-fourths (77 percent) say their company is safe from cyber threats such as hackers, viruses, malware or a cybersecurity breach, yet 83 percent have no formal cybersecurity plan. These findings are from a new survey released today of 1,015 U.S. small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by the National Cyber Security Alliance...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The group which unleashed the Hydraq or Aurora Trojan horse against Google and 34 other companies in 2009 has also been linked to attacks that have compromised systems at defense contractors, human rights organizations, and other groups, according to one computer security firm. In a report released on Friday, Symantec officials revealed that they had been monitoring the group's activities and discovered that they had used "a...
CLEARWATER, Fla., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Security Awareness Training firm KnowBe4 has joined forces with security expert and former hacker Kevin Mitnick. Once known as the world's most-wanted hacker, Mitnick now uses his expertise to help organizations identify, correct, and prevent network security vulnerabilities. Mitnick has taken the role of KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer. "We're excited to announce our partnership with Kevin Mitnick, who is widely recognized...
More than sixty percent of IT security professionals worldwide believe their organization will be targeted by cybercriminals during the next six months, according to the results of a new survey by cybersecurity firm Bit9. Nearly two-thirds said Anonymous and other hacktivist groups would be the ones most likely behind such an attack, the survey of more than 1,861 security professionals found. Cybercriminals and nation states were the second and third top-rated threat, with 55 and 45...
More than half a million hackers log into Facebook, attempting to access the messages, photos, and personal information of legitimate members of the popular social network, Telegraph Digital Media Editor Emma Barnett reported on Saturday. There are approximately 600,000 "compromised Facebook logins" each day, the company revealed in a Facebook blog post announcing new security measures for the website. The revelation, marks the first time that the Mark Zuckerberg-owned network revealed how...
John Neumann for RedOrbit.comThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is not laughing but someone is. The hacker group LulzSec is still busy breaking into highly public sites, defacing pages and causing general mayhem, Reuters is reporting.Lulz Security (LulzSec) is claiming responsibility for recent attacks on the US Senate, Sony Corp., News Corp. and the US Public Broadcasting System television network.The public website for the CIA appears to be the latest target. It initially could not be...
