By Anthony Cuthbertson Notorious hacking collective Lizard Squad has claimed that the take down of the National Crime Agency (NCA) website was carried out by its members. The attack comes…
Linux Foundation releases infosec guide
Workstation security tips for system administrators. Darren Pauli Linux Foundation project director Konstantin Ryabitsev has publicly-released the penguinistas’ internal hardening requirements to help sysadmins and other paranoid tech bods and…
Russian-speaking hackers breach websites
The hackers don’t appear to be selling the data just yet By Jeremy Kirk Russian-speaking hackers have breached 97 websites, mostly dating-related, and stolen login credentials, putting hundreds of thousands…
CSO burnout causing talent shortage
The real cause of the talent shortage in the information security field isn’t a lack of new people entering the profession, but retention and churn at the highest levels, according…
Criminals get better at data exfiltration
By Maria Korolov Enterprises tend to be highly focused on keeping attackers out of their systems, but most of the actual damage happens not when the bad guys first break…
New keychain vulnerability in OSX
By Steve Ragan Compromised passwords delivered via SMS, using code wrapped around harmless files that won’t trigger security warnings Antoine Vincent Jebara and Raja Rahbani, the co-founder and lead engineer…