Exploit Sales Debated Hotly as Vulnerability Disclosure

The security community is one that thrives on controversy, drama and debate. For years–decades, really–no topic satisfied this desire like vulnerability disclosure. Long after every possible argument had been forwarded and the horse was not just dead but buried and the grave covered by a strip...

Agencies to report progress with FedRAMP

The FedRAMP PMO recently conducted webinars on April 23 and 25 regarding Agencies requirement to report their progress on compliance with FedRAMP. The discussion covered the FedRAMP progress to date, the reporting requirements and process for moving services to FedRAMP authorized cloud service...

Massive cyber attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters

Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, during a Massive cyber attack. South Korean police investigating reports from several major broadcasters and banks. least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN and the Shinhan and Nonghyu banks...

Top Credit Agencies Admit Celebrities' Data Stolen

The top credit bureaus have admitted someone accessed prominent Americans’ private data by filling out bogus requests via a Web site used by millions of consumers to access free annual credit reports. “We are aware of recent media reports pertaining to unauthorized access to files belonging to...

Chinese hackers infiltrate Indian Defence Research Organisation

According to an exclusive report published today by DNA news, the computers of highly sensitive Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO have reportedly been hacked by Chinese hackers as biggest security breach in the Indian Defence ever. Infiltrate leading to the leak of thousands of t...

Chinese hackers infiltrate Indian Defence Research Organisation

According to an exclusive report published today by DNA news, the computers of highly sensitive Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO have reportedly been hacked by Chinese hackers as biggest security breach in the Indian Defence ever. Infiltrate leading to the leak of thousands of t...

New Web-Based MiniDuke Components Discovered

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab and CrySys Lab have discovered files buried inside a MiniDuke command and control server that indicate the presence of a Web-based facet of the campaign that initially targeted government agencies, primarily in Europe. Users are likely lured to the malicious webpages...

Google For First Time Reports FBI Non-Warrant Requests for User Data

Google today revealed – if in vague terms – it last year received less than 1,000 “national Security letters” from federal authorities seeking financial and communications data on up to almost 2,000 individuals. The disclosure of such government requests marks a first for a major Internet service...

Comment Crew Exposé a New Level of China Attack Attribution

China has been blamed for cyberattacks on every major industrial base in the United States—and even in some corners for the Super Bowl blackout. But most of it has been rampant speculation coupled with the lacing together of a number of loose ends. Examples of the kind of direct attribution to th...

At The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Held annually, this year’s Security Analyst Summit, as always aims to foster conversation and collaboration between Kaspersky Lab researchers and global law enforcement agencies, CERTs and other cyber-crime fighters...

Experts Say CEOs Need to Get Handle on Cyberespionage Problem

NEW YORK–The long list of high-profile cyberespionage and cybercrime attacks that have surfaced in the last couple of years has led to broad discussions in the security community, government circles and elsewhere about the scope of the problem. Those discussions now are just starting to reach int...

DARPA Seeking Help With Targeted Attack Analysis

The networks of government agencies and the military are under constant attack from a variety of sources, and the U.S., like most other countries, relies on those networks to not just run daily operations, but to support missions around the world. In the face of those attacks, the Department of...

Red October Attackers Shutting Down C&C Infrastructure

It appears that the attackers behind the Red October cyberespionage campaign are taking their ball and going home. Since the attack came to light on Monday, the attackers have begun shutting down their infrastructure and the hosting providers and registrars involved with some of the...

Zaxby's Chicken Chain Warns of Possible Credit Card Thefts

At least 100 restaurants’ customers are at risk of credit and debit card fraud after a U.S. fast food chain announced it’s found data-swiping malware on some of its franchises’ computer hard drives. Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc. alerted customers via a news release that credit card processing compani...

Operation Red October : Cyber Espionage campaign against many Governments

A new sensational discovered has been announced by Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team result of an investigation after several attacks hit computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A new large scale cyber-espionage operation has been discovered, named Re...

Indian Government Wiretapping and started BlackBerry interception

According to a report, All major Indian telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Tata Tele services, have agreed to share real-time interception of BlackBerry calls and data services on their networks with Security agencies to meet the December 31 deadline fixed by the India...

Indian Government Wiretapping and started BlackBerry interception

According to a report, All major Indian telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Tata Tele services, have agreed to share real-time interception of BlackBerry calls and data services on their networks with Security agencies to meet the December 31 deadline fixed by the India...

UK Intelligence recruiting brilliant minds for eavesdropping social networks

Government eavesdropping and security agency GCHQ is developing new tools to sift through them for nuggets of useful data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest. All of these are the source of valuable intelligence that the UK's intelligence agencies want to know about. During a vis...

Encryption: It's Complicated

Data breaches have become so common at this point that the mere fact that a government agency such as the South Carolina Department of Revenue loses several million Social Security numbers and credit card numbers isn’t really that noteworthy. It’s another day in the life of the Internet. But what...

South Carolina Data Breach Casts Spotlight on Lack of Encryption, Stolen Credentials

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said a mouthful this week when she spilled a dirty industry secret that Social Security numbers are generally not encrypted by state agencies. Reeling from a Department of Revenue data breach that leaked 3.6 million Social Security and credit card numbers as we...