LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack following a campaign by Iranian authorities against its Persian service, director-general Mark Thompson said on Wednesday. Thompson … View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Vikileaks Twitter campaign falls over, but Vic Toews still standing
While the fury over Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ really, really poor choice of words continues to snowball, Vikileaks Twitter campaign was shut down last night. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec Warns of Massive Android Malware Campaign
The malware was found in 13 different apps on the Android Market. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Readiness team warns of spoofed US-CERT email addresses in phishing campaign
A phishing email campaign is targeting private and public sector organizations with phony US-CERT email addresses. View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stuxnet and Duqu part of larger cybermalware campaign
The Stuxnet worm was built on the same platform used from 2007 onwards to create a family of cyber-weapon-like malware including the recently-discovered Duqu worm, a forensic analysis by Kaspersky Lab researchers has concluded. In a detailed analysis, Kaspersky’s Alexander Gotsev and Igor Soumenkov lay out the evidence for both…
Apple Customers Targeted by Phishing Campaign
According to Intego researchers, the campaign tries to trick victims into disclosing their credit card information. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Sophos Warns of Amazon Phishing Campaign
E-mails claiming to come from Amazon.com ask for the user’s credit card details, date of birth and more. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Francis Maude urges vigilance as security campaign warns of smartphone malware
Criminals are profiting from mobile malware with the rise in popularity of smartphones and mobile web applications, national security campaign Get Safe Online warns. The campaign is a joint government, police and industry initiative. It is urging smartphone users to protect themselves from downloading malicious mobile apps as part of…
Hacker’s group ‘Anonymous’ continues anti-Zetas campaign
An Internet video is threatening Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel with exposure of its allies in the police and news media unless the gang frees a kidnapped member of the international hacker movement known as ‘Anonymous.’ View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Federal government launches cyber-security campaign
Saying Canada and its citizens are facing online threats from foreign governments, terrorists and organized criminals, the federal government on Monday launched a public-awareness campaign about cyber security. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans Gregory Evans…