Report Connects Iran to Critical Infrastructure Hacks Worldwide
New research connects Iranian state-sponsored hackers to attacks against critical infrastructure worldwide.
Hacks
F.B.I., Mandiant, Investigating Sony Pictures Breach
Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and Mandiant have begun to investigate the Sony Pictures breach.
Cybercrime Group Preys on Wall Street Insider Information
A criminal hacking group, well versed on Wall Street, is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical M&A intelligence.
The massive Home Depot data breach disclosed earlier this fall involved the theft of 56 million credit and debit card numbers, and now the company has revealed that the incident so far has cost it $43 million. The costs are the result of both the investigation into the data breach as well as the recovery […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment is still in the process of trying to recover from an apparent compromise of some of the company’s computer systems. The attack first came to light on Monday, and the extent of the incident is still emerging. The compromise appears to affect just the networks at SPE, a division of Sony. Reports […]
Though security researchers involved in uncovering the attack have remained mum on the attribution of Regin, privacy experts say that if one of the intelligence agencies is involved, there’s no legal basis for the operation.
The popular classified website Craigslist is back online today following a DNS attack that forced it offline for several hours Sunday evening.
Civil rights activists and hacker Claudio Guarnieri along with partners such as the EFF and Amnesty International released Detekt, open source security software targeting activists and oppressed people that scans Windows machines for dangerous spyware.
Researchers have discovered a group of attackers who have published a variety of compromised WordPress themes and plug-ins on legitimate-looking sites, tricking developers into downloading and installing them on their own sites.
The people behind the Angler exploit kit are already exploiting one of the Flash bugs patched last week in the kit’s arsenal.
