Now here’s a first — crooks who realize the importance of customer service. It’s the latest twist in the global CryptoLocker ransomware attack. This diabolically nasty malware locks up all of the victim’s personal files — and in some cases, backup files, too — with state-of-the-art encryption. The bad guys have the only decryption key and […]
The NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit are aware of a mass email spamming event that is ongoing, where people are receiving emails that appear to be from banks and other financial institutions. The emails may be sent out to tens of millions of UK customers, but appear to be targeting small and medium […]
You are probably familiar with the classic security assessments: internal and external penetration testing, security risk assessments, and PCI gap assessments. You may not be as familiar with, or even aware of, other assessments that may be just as valuable for strengthening your security program. Some of these less familiar assessments are new, the result […]
F-Secure has reported how on-line criminals are selling stolen credit card data on Twitter. – For example, check out Mr. SshoaibAhmed: Let’s follow the link…
Facebook is being hit by another viral message, spreading between users’ walls disguised as a link to a saucy video. The messages, which are spreading rapidly, use a variety of different links but all claim to be a movie of a dad catching his daughters making a video on their webcam: [VIDEO] DAD CATCHES DAUGHTERS […]
The hackers who breached the security of Sony’s PlayStation network and gained access to sensitive data for 77 million subscribers used Amazon’s web services cloud to launch the attack, Bloomberg News reported. The attackers rented a server from Amazon’s EC2 service and penetrated the popular network from there, the news outlet said, citing an unnamed […]
Security analysts have narrowed down the probable causes of the infamous Sony PlayStation Network breach. Sony is slowly restoring its PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment service following a hack that exposed the personal details of 77 million PlayStation Network gamers and (separately, but more than likely duplicate data) 25 million customers of its Online Entertainment […]
A week after a humiliating public apology for the insecurity of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity service, Sony has been forced to delay the restart of its online games services. Sony, whose officials had repeatedly bowed as part of their self-abasement for the service crisis, has taken low-key approach to extending the PSN return-to-service delay, […]
Digital Forensic investigators investigating the security breach on Sony’s PlayStation Network found a file on one of the hacked systems that was titled “Anonymous” and contained the phrase “We are Legion,” the company’s chairman told members of congress. The revelation, made in a letter, (PDF here) that Sony Chairman Kazuo Hirai sent on Tuesday to […]
Sony has drafted in security experts to figure out who hacked into its systems – and how they did it – before stealing personal data on 100 million consumers of the company’s services. Both the firm’s PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment service remain suspended in the aftermath of high-profile hack attacks that have turned Sony […]