Google Project Shield to Protect Sensitive Sites from DDoS Attacks
Google and Arbor Networks are collaborating on a project that shows exactly how large and damaging some DDoS attacks are, and who’s attacking who at any given moment.
Malware
New Ransomware Scam Accepts Bitcoin Payment
A family of ransomware known as CryptoLocker has added the popular digital currency Bitcoin to the list of payment methods it accepts in exchange for the private key that will decrypt the files encrypted by the malware.
Blackhole Exploit Kit Author Arrested in Russia
Paunch, the author of the Blackhole Exploit Kit, was arrested recently in Russia, sources confirm.
Dennis Fisher talks with Ryan Naraine about the news from the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference, whether the use of zero days is overrated and the collateral damage that can result from cyberwarfare attacks.
BERLIN–Penetration testing has come a long way in the last decade, evolving from a somewhat controversial practice to a de facto best practice in the enterprise market. That evolution hasn’t stopped by any means, and one of the things that experts say must be a part of any comprehensive test now is the use of […]
The FBI shut down the Silk Road online drug marketplace and filed narcotics, money laundering and computer hacking charges against Ross William Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts.
Three separate targeted attack campaigns in Asia have been using the IE zero-day exploit reported on two weeks ago.
Mike Mimoso and Dennis Fisher look back at the news of the last couple of weeks, including some new NSA PR efforts and the Icefog cyberespionage campaign.
WASHINGTON–Security, like a lot of other things, tends to go in phases. A new attack technique is developed, vendors respond with a new defensive technology and then attackers find a way to defeat it. It has always been that way. And right now, things seem to be in one of those periodic down cycles in which the attackers have the upper hand.
Microsoft reports having discovered a click-fraud component to the Sefnit malware, thought to have disappeared in 2011. It has also linked Sefnit to the Mevade Tor botnet.
