data theft
Behind the Disguise of Trojans
A Trojan horse is a malicious computer program masquerading as a useful or otherwise non-malicious, legitimate piece of software. Generally spread via social engineering and web attacks, Trojan horses often install a ...
$100 million GozNym cybercrime network dismantled as suspects charged
Suspected members of the GozNym cybercrime network have been charged in relation to the organised and automated theft of tens of thousands of people’s sensitive personal and financial information. The sophisticated conspiracy ...
Facebookery, The Hoovering
Another day, another data thievery revelation at Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB). It's time for our national law enforcement agencies to take action and act in the manner they would against any other ...
Facebook to finally answer for Cambridge Analytica scandal; record fine expected
After scandalizing the world with the Cambridge Analytics affair, Facebook is finally coming under legal fire for letting the political consultancy access personal information on 87 million users without their knowledge. The ...
Dialing in Mayhem for Profit: More Targeted Attacks, Less Malware
You can count on three things these days: death, taxes and the ever-increasing, evolving nature of security threats. According to Positive Technologies’ latest “Cybersecurity Threatscape” report, cyber incidents were up 47 percent ...
Hacker accused of orchestrating massive hack of US financial institutions arrested
A 35-year-old Russian national has been extradited from Georgia to the United States and arrested for allegedly taking part in a major hacking operation that targeted US-based financial companies, financial news media ...
Facebookery: Caught Red-Handed, Violating Apple Data Collection Rules
via Valentina Palladino. writing at Ars Techncia, comes this superlativ piece on the removal of Facebook-owned (NASDAQ: FB)bits (in this case a 'VPN' product - resident in the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
UK shipping giant deals with data breach by the book, recovers stolen data
Strengthening the notion that a single vulnerable endpoint, or unwary employee, can grant hackers safe passage into an organization’s entire infrastructure, British shipping company Clarksons PLC this week confirmed the discovery of ...
Survey: Most CEOs Exfiltrate Intellectual Property When Leaving
When a nation-state such as China steals the intellectual property (IP) of American companies and government, we collectively cry foul and talk about the need to better secure our IP and other ...
Facebook+CambridgeAnalytica = Facebookery At It’s Finest
via Graham Cluely's timely security blog, comes the story of Carole Cadwalladr whom, in her day job, is famous for her highly competent reportage at The Guardian. The specific reporting series is ...
