Malware attack on Apple employees by hackers who targeted Facebook

The same ring of hackers that are responsible for hacking into at least 40 companies including Facebook and Twitter are reportedly also infected the computers of some Apple employees, the company acknowledged Tuesday. The purpose of hack considered an effort to steal company secrets, research and...

Mandiant revealed Chinese APT1 Cyber Espionage campaign

Few weeks after the discovery of the sophisticated cyber espionage campaign against principal US media The Mandiant® Intelligence Center™ released an shocking report that reveals an enterprise-scale computer espionage campaign dubbed APT1. The term APT1 is referred to one of the numerous cyber...

Howard Schmidt

Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity coordinator and Microsoft CSO, said executives need to be aware of the threats their companies face. “We have to understand that theft of intellectual property is different from trying to turn the lights out,” he said...

Faux, Hacked Apps Continue to Litter Google Play Marketplace, Developer Alleges

Phony, potentially malicious apps are continuing to make their way into Google’s Play marketplace, triggering debate over whether applications are being properly vetted for adhering to the company’s marketplace policies. Developers at the Root Uninstaller Team have called out another app publishe...

Government Report Warns of 'Persistent, Pervasive' Economic Espionage Attacks on U.S.

Attempts by foreign governments, individuals and government-associated groups to steal intellectual property, state secrets and other sensitive data from U.S. companies and government agencies are ratcheting up and government officials say the threat has become especially “persistent, pervasive,...

Ignore Supply Chain Security and Risk Management at Your Peril

No CFO thinks that his signature approving a purchase order for a new five-figure piece of hardware could ultimately cost his company seven-figures, or maybe force them to shut their doors forever. But that’s the reality many companies need to face when it comes to supply chain security and risk...

IP Theft, Supply Chain Security Major Worries for Government, Former Cybersecurity Czar Says

ANAHEIM, CALIF.–The theft of intellectual property through attacks on U.S. networks, both government-owned and private, has become one of the major concerns for officials at the top level of the federal government, not just among security staffs, but at the upper echelons of the White House and...

Verizon DBIR Analysis: Insiders Often Complicit in Breaches of Intellectual Property

Verizon has further dissected breach data from its annual Data Breach Investigations Report DBIR and built a profile of intellectual property theft that points to a disturbing combination of factors leading to successful infiltrations by cybercriminals, competitors, hacktivists and nation-state...

Published Threat Intelligence, Not Cybersecurity Laws, Is What's Needed

For several years now, Congress has been wandering around the wilderness, trying to figure out why so much of America’s intellectual property is being sucked into a giant vortex somewhere over Asia and whether they should do something to stop it, like maybe pass a cybersecurity law. They’ve taken...

Huawei Denies Stealing State Secrets or Supporting Cyber Espionage

Huawei, the massive Chinese technology company that has come under criticism for its close ties to China’s government, is defending itself, saying that it has never stolen national intelligence or intellectual property and does not support any groups that do so. The company has been a frequent...

Threat to U.S. Government and Businesses 'Deep and Broad', Expert Says

LAS VEGAS–It’s not difficult to find people here who are excited about security. There are roughly 10,000 of them in town this week. But there’s a smaller group of people who are on a different level, who are so passionate and amped up about their ideas that they can’t stop themselves from talkin...

Kevin Mitnick joins the Zimperium team

Security firm Zimperium developer of Android app zANTI Android application Toolkit now have World Best Hacker "Kevin Mitnick" in their Team. In a Press Release ,Itzhak "Zuk" Avraham said "Zimperium is honored and excited to announce our newest member of the advisory board, world renowned hacker...

U.S. Congress Hears Of Growing Cyber Espionage Threat To U.S.

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee painted a grim picture about the problem of cyber espionage against U.S. companies and interests. Government and law enforcement experts testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee...

Employees Admit They'd Walk Out With Stolen Data If Fired

Privileged accounts have become an important attack vector, and if a recent survey of mostly IT managers and executives is any indication that threat will continue to grow. According to results of ID management provider Cyber-Ark’s sixth annual global “Trust, Security and Passwords Survey,” just...

Report: Strategic Web Compromises Behind Recent Hack of Amnesty, Others

A recent string of Web site hacks at Amnesty International and other NGOs are evidence of a campaign of cyber espionage directed against human rights orgnaizations, according to a report from The Shadowserver Foundation. In a report on Tuesday, the Foundation said that its members had witnessed a...

Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice

Posing as the US Department of Justice DoJ, a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims. The infections are occurring after users are lured to a drive-by download site where a dropper installs the Citad...

NSA Director Says Agency Should Not Monitor Private Networks

The hysteria in Washington regarding the comprehensive infiltration of U.S. government and civilian networks by China has gotten to the point now that the director of the National Security Agency is saying in open Congressional hearings that his agency, the U.S. Cyber Command and others should be...

MSNBC: Hackers Crack Credit Report Sites, Sell Profiles

Hackers are actively exploiting weak Web site security at leading credit rating agencies and stealing customer credit reports for resale on the black market, according to a report by MSNBC. Well trafficked websites like AnnualCreditReport.com, Equifax.com, or CreditReport.com are being hacked and...

NASA Computers Hacked Repeatedly in Last Two Years

NASA has been hit repeatedly by hackers during the last two years – including an incident where attackers compromised systems at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The situation was revealed in testimony Feb. 29 by NASA Inspector General Paul Martin before the House Science, Space and...

Facebook Hacking - Student jailed for eight months

Facebook Hacking - Student jailed for eight months 26-year-old Glenn Steven Mangham, a student in the UK, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for hacking into Facebook from his bedroom at his parents house. Facebook spent $200,000 £126,400 dealing with Mangham's crime, which triggered a...