A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber-attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying …
Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware
Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack …
Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets
For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defence contractors have engaged in a …
Researchers uncover new global cyber-espionage operation dubbed Safe
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyber-espionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government …
It’s better to call ahead before sending malware, Symantec finds
Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email. Symantec has seen what it describes as a …
Centre stage for security
With the world on constant alert for cyber attacks, CIOs and IT decision makers flooded to the Habtoor Grand hotel …
Ageing networking protocols abused in DDoS attacks
Ageing networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) …
Hackers increasingly target shared Web hosting servers for phishing
Cyber criminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large …
Spanish police say DDoS suspect used a van as a mobile office
The man suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on an anti-spam organisation that caused intermittent Internet hiccups drove …
LivingSocial’s breach draws advice from security experts
The cyber attack Friday on the Internet deal site LivingSocial that forced it to reset the passwords of some 50 million users …