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Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’
The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history. A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has...
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Largest ever DDoS causes internet traffic speeds to reduce
One of the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occurred after a spam-fighting group blacklisted web hosting company CyberBunker. According to a report by the New York Times, the...
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Password questions asked of GCHQ after plain text reminder is sent
Questions have been asked on how secure GCHQ is, especially when it comes to password security. According to a blog by Dan Farrall, a forgotten password request in January saw the password delivered in...
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Bitcoin value hit following DDoS attack
The recent meteoric rise in the value of Bitcoin has been hit following a DDoS attack on Mt.Gox, the world’s largest exchange dealing with the digital currency. As the value of Bitcoin surged to $142...
View ArticleHacker targets flight deck computer systems
Aviation agencies in Europe and the US are keen to quiz a hacker who targeted flight deck computers. Security researcher Hugo Teso was able to “hijack” the systems to feed false navigation information...
View ArticleWordPress website targeted by hackers
WordPress has been attacked by a botnet of “tens of thousands” of individual computers since last week, according to server hosters Cloudflare and Hostgator. The botnet targets WordPress users with the...
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DDoS attack threat continues to worry IT managers
IT managers are ‘highly or extremely’ concerned about being the victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. According to research by Corero Network Security of 100 mid to large-sized UK...
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Is Armageddon on the cyber horizon?
Cyber security has become a major threat to global infrastructure and economy. We’ve seen malware designed to spy on and subvert industrial systems at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, a destructive...
View ArticleInfoSecurity Show 2013 – Follow us on LinkedIn and Join us for a Coffee&Danish
FOLLOW US HERE Where: Earls Court, London When: Tuesday 23rd – 25th April InfoSecurity show next week looks to be a stormer. Looking to be bigger and better than last. We will be on stand E22 (Floor...
View ArticleSocial news website Reddit downed by DDoS attack
The website for social news website Reddit experienced an outage on Friday after being hit with a strong distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. According to the Twitter feed for @RedditStatus,...
View ArticleHackers hit LivingSocial and threaten 50 million users
Hackers have hit the daily deals site LivingSocial, gaining access to credentials and encrypted passwords of its 50 million registered users. Although the passwords were hashed and salted, the company...
View ArticleDark web drugs site Silk Road knocked offline by hacker
An “underground” website famed for selling drugs and other illegal items has been targeted in a cyberattack. It appears the site suffered from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack over the...
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US military approves Android phones for soldiers
Samsung phones running a secure version of Android have been approved for use by the US Department of Defense. The approval is the start of a process that will see many different types of mobile...
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PushDo Malware is Back Again: Resurfaces With Advanced Capabilities
Despite four takedowns in five years, PushDo is back, complete with new features designed to make the botnet more resilient and elusive, researchers said. The latest variant of PushDo detected by...
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Cloud Services – Discover, Analyse and Control
Cloud applications Employees are adopting cloud services at an unprecedented pace in order to benefit from their ease of use, time to market, pay per use, and lower costs. In most instances employees...
View ArticleICO fines former primary care trust £100,000
Stockport Primary Care Trust has been issued a £100,000 monetary fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after patient records were found at an unused facility. According to the ICO...
View ArticleCost of a data breach tops £2 million
The total cost of a data breach to UK organisations has risen to over £2 million, according to research. The latest Cost of a data breach study by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute has found that...
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Online gaming company recounts fighting for survival vs. DDoS attacks
Fighting denial-of-service attacks has become a matter of survival for some businesses that find their websites getting smashed and network flooded by attackers. Online gaming company SG Interactive...
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Cyber attack hits South Korea websites
South Korea has issued a cyber alert after an apparent hacking attack on government websites. The website of the presidential office was one of several official and media sites hit by an apparently...
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Automation of identity can help defend against attacks directed at users
Efficient identity management can help protect against advanced persistent threats (APTs). Speaking to SC Magazine, Lieberman Software CEO Phil Lieberman said that the challenge for administrators of...
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