Category Archives: Information Security

For the aspiring attacker or pen tester, there is no shortage of attack tools, scripts, crimeware kits and exploits available online. But, the Internet being what it is, there’s always room for one more. Enter HULK, a new DDoS tool that arrives just in time to coincide with the release of some movie involving the [...]

What a surprise: the U.K. government was forced to reveal under Freedom of Information laws that more than 1,000 civil servants have “snooped” on British citizens’ private data.

Recently, Trend Micro researchers encountered a potential vulnerability that affected users of Yahoo! Mail. We discovered several emails used in targeted attacks that contained JavaScript in the “From” field that attempted to launch a Document Object Model (DOM)-based cross-site scripting attack against the recipients of the email. However, we were not able to replicate the [...]

PayPal among organizations invited to help shape protocol for .secure

The popular video-sharing app responds to complaint from privacy advocate.

Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail users should beware of rogue rebate offers and new secure payment options aimed at getting them to part with their debit card information. Earlier this week Amit Klein, CTO of Trusteer, announced the discovery of a peer-to-peer variant of the Zeus platform that leverages trusted relationships and well-known brands to [...]

Tables turn as hacker favorites are targeted in DDoS attacks.

Howard A. Schmidt, the first-ever U.S. cybersecurity coordinator, has resigned and will retire later this month to enter academia

The massive botnet of Mac computers left millions of dollars in potential profits on the table, researchers at Symantec say

Compliance alone should never be the only goal