CryptoLocker ransomware infections are gaining traction and victims are at risk of losing important business or personal files to the malware which seeks out documents on a number of network resources and encrypts them.
Kaspersky Lab researchers say the Android banking Trojann Svpeng now has phishing capabilities and may be testing the waters to infect devices outside of Russia.
Barracuda Networks’ latest research on the Twitter underground reveals a thriving market for phony accounts that are used for spam or to spread malware.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) said it will soon review its processes for cryptographic standards development.
Apple’s OS X Mavericks release included code that turns on by default a mitigation for the BEAST cryptographic attack.
Six giant U.S. technology companies co-authored a letter to ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee, asking for not only the ability to disclose details on National Security Letter requests, but to call for surveillance reforms.
Microsoft is warning Windows XP users that once the operating system is no longer supported as of next April, their chances of being infected by malware will rise significantly.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed an amicus brief yesterday explaining the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination prohibits compelled decryption.
Metasploit released exploit modules for security issues in seven smaller, yet popular, open source software packages, including e-Learning software Moodle.
Attackers can exploit a caching weakness in mobile applications by forcing a permanent HTTP 301 redirection that will persistently serve a hacker’s content to a mobile app.
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