Anti-hacker CERT-UK opens for business: The UK’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UK) has opened for business, marking the latest step in the government’s ongoing effort to bolster the nation’s cyber defences. Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude opened the CERT-UK at a private press event, promising it will aid both the public and private […]

OODA Loop: “An FBI spokesperson said the bureau launched its investigation — known as the High-Speed Trading Initiative — a year ago. The investigation is looking for violations of insider trading laws in a variety of trading activities, including whether high-speed traders have access to unfair advantages such as ultra-fast data-feeds, and if they are […]

Targeted Attacks and Ukraine: In 2013, a series of attacks against European governments was observed by Kaspersky Lab. The malware in question, known as MiniDuke, had many interesting features: it was tiny in size at 20KB. It used Twitter accounts for Command & Control and located backup control channels via Google searches. It installed additional […]

LinkedIn Sends Cease and Desist to Sell Hack: A new tool called Sell Hack claims it allows anyone to see the email address of a LinkedIn user. We contacted LinkedIn about it this morning and the company responded in the evening to say the company’s legal team is delivering a cease and desist letter to […]

FBI Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Contains 223 Million Records: The Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) run by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division now contains approximately 223 million records on nearly two billion entities.  An FBI CJIS presentation from February 2014 posted on the website of the Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute […]

Spammers Lure Users to Rogue Pharmacy Sites with Fake Picasa Emails: If you come across an email entitled “We add new photos to your album” that appears to come from Picasa, be careful. It’s likely that the notifications are part of a spam campaign that’s designed to lure users to rogue pharmacy websites. According to […]

Gameover malware targets accounts on employment websites: Gameover is one of several Trojan programs that are based on the infamous Zeus banking malware, whose source code was leaked on the Internet in 2011. Like Zeus, Gameover can steal log-in credentials and other sensitive information by injecting rogue Web forms into legitimate websites when accessed from […]

Mistake in ransomware program leaves decryption key accessible: A malicious software program that encrypts a person’s files until a ransom is paid has a crucial error: it leaves the decryption key on the victim’s computer. Symantec analyzed a program called CryptoDefense, which appeared late last month. It’s one of an extensive family of malware programs […]

LinkedIn warns of Sell Hack browser tool that reveals email addresses: A browser extension called “Sell Hack” is creating something of a storm, after claiming it can reveal the hidden email addresses of LinkedIn users. The tool, first spotted by Yahoo Tech columnist Alyssa Bereznak, initially gives the impression that it allows anyone to visit […]

Ukrainian Hacker falsely claimed theft of 800 million Credit Card: 800 Million US based Credit and Debit cards compromised! Really it’s a big number and till now it has not been sized by the cyber security officials but a hacker group claims that they had stolen data on hundreds of millions of U.S. card accounts. […]