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GCHQ launches new UK Cyber Incident Response scheme
GCHQ launches new UK Cyber Incident Response scheme
CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) and CPNI (Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure), being arms of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) have today launched a new UK Cyber Incident Response Scheme.
Nov. 7, 2012
Citadel crimeware kit offers professional-grade theft tools – for a price
Citadel crimeware kit offers professional-grade theft tools – for a price
Call it malicious software on a hill: a new version of Citadel, the crimeware kit, has emerged to inspire hackers everywhere. That is, if they can infiltrate the Russian underground far enough to locate it and pay the $3,000 entry fee.
Nov. 7, 2012
New Gh0st-related malware discovered
New Gh0st-related malware discovered
New malware, backdoor.ADDNEW, has been identified. It is based on the Russian DaRK DDoSer malware and has a surprising link with the Gh0st RAT trojan.
Nov. 6, 2012
NullCrew hacks MoD – leaks thousands of plaintext credentials
NullCrew hacks MoD – leaks thousands of plaintext credentials
NullCrew remembered the 5th of November by breaking into mod.co.uk and stealing and dumping more than 3400 email addresses and passwords. While the date of the breach cannot be verified, it does look as if it happened on the Guy Fawkes anniversary.
Nov. 6, 2012
Lumension buys CoreTrace – adds Bouncer whitelisting to its portfolio
Lumension buys CoreTrace – adds Bouncer whitelisting to its portfolio
Lumension announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of CoreTrace IP, suggesting that it was prompted by growing concerns over APTs and increasing interest in whitelist defenses.
Nov. 6, 2012
Lawsuit for South Carolina tax agency breach expands to security firm
Lawsuit for South Carolina tax agency breach expands to security firm
In the wake of a massive security breach at the South Carolina tax collection agency, a former South Carolina state senator has expanded a class-action lawsuit over the exposure of millions of state tax returns to include those responsible for providing security: Trustwave and the Division of State Information Technology (DSIT).
Nov. 6, 2012
ISF will open up its library to (ISC)² for certification development
ISF will open up its library to (ISC)² for certification development
Faced with an age of unprecedented growth and scope of cyberthreats, the Information Security Forum (ISF) has reached an agreement with the (ISC)² to provide its extensive research library for use in development of (ISC)² examinations and official education materials, significantly broadening the reach of the information and, hopefully, threat awareness.
Nov. 6, 2012
Major breach at Coca-Cola tied to Chinese hacker collective
Major breach at Coca-Cola tied to Chinese hacker collective
Details are emerging of a major hack of Coca-Cola by Chinese criminals in 2009, where internal emails and documents were stolen, and malware compromised access to all Microsoft Windows servers, work stations and laptops on the network .
Nov. 6, 2012
Team GhostShell declares war on Russia – leaks 2.5 million records
Team GhostShell declares war on Russia – leaks 2.5 million records
Announcing its Project Hellfire back in August, hacking group Team GhostShell warned, “Two more projects are still scheduled for this fall and winter. It's only the beginning.” Now it introduces Project BlackStar with an initial leak of 2.5 million records stolen from Russian organizations.
Nov. 5, 2012
Apple releases update for iOS addressing iPhone, iPad critical flaws
Apple releases update for iOS addressing iPhone, iPad critical flaws
Apple has released a new iOS, version 6.0.2, that addresses a handful of vulnerabilities in the system affecting iPhone 3GS and later, the iPod touch fourth generation and later, and the iPad 2 and later devices.
Nov. 5, 2012
UK public sector tops £2m in data handling fines
UK public sector tops £2m in data handling fines
Public sector organizations in the UK are leaking money thanks to a full £2 million in fines that councils, the NHS, police forces and others have seen in response to poor data handling.
Nov. 5, 2012
Megaupload takedown demonstrates the danger of storing data anywhere in the cloud
Megaupload takedown demonstrates the danger of storing data anywhere in the cloud
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned about US government claims that a Megaupload user lost his property rights by using cloud storage has implications for all data stored by any user or company with any cloud provider, including Amazon’s S3, Google Apps or Apple iCloud.
Nov. 1, 2012