“Oil giant Saudi Aramco said on Sunday that an August cyber attack on its computer network targeted not just the company but the kingdom’s economy as a whole. The interior ministry, which joined Aramco’s investigation into the attack that affected some 30,000 of the firm’s computers, said it was carried out by organized hackers from [...]
“Hackers broke into insurance company Nationwide’s network in October, stealing the personal information of more than a million customers across the country, the insurance company recently revealed. The company said the compromised information included people’s names and a combination of Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, their date of birth, and possibly marital status, gender, [...]
“An infectious worm is spreading on Tumblr Monday morning, affecting several major blogs. Tumblr spokesperson Katherine Barna sent the following email to Mashable regarding the worm: ‘There is a viral post circulating on Tumblr which begins ‘Dearest ‘Tumblr’ users.’ If you have viewed this post, please log out of all browsers that may be using [...]
“Hackers are even targeting global brands like Adidas simply because the football team they support was beaten by rivals wearing the firm’s shirts at the weekend, senior government officials said. The warning comes as Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, prepares to update MPs today on the coalition’s cyber security strategy to tackle attacks which [...]
“Some 91% of cyberattacks begin with a ‘spear phishing’ email, according to research from security software firm Trend Micro. Spear phishing is an increasingly common form of phishing that makes use of information about a target to make attacks more specific and ‘personal’.” Source:91% of cyberattacks begin with spear phishing email | TechCentral.ie
“A new strain of malware is thrashing corporate databases in the Middle East, claiming the vast majority of its victims in Iran. Narilam is ‘causing chaos’ by targeting and modifying corporate databases, according to Symantec. The worm spreads through removable drives and network shares.” Source:New table-munching worm ravages Iranian biz databases • The Register
“Users are getting infected with ransomware thanks to criminals managing to hack the DNS records of Go Daddy hosted websites. That’s not welcome news for the world’s largest domain name registrar, especially so soon after the recent denial of service attack. “ Source:Hacked Go Daddy sites infecting users with ransomware | Naked Security
” Facebook is proving to be a goldmine for intelligence agencies — and not just ones that Zuckerberg is openly collaborating with. Just recently, a fake profile was created by Chinese hackers (or, more likely, intelligence agents) claiming to be that of US Navy Admiral James Stavridis, NATOs Supreme Allied Commander.” Source:Chinese intelligence was spying [...]
“Internet hacktivist group Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Israel, posting personal data of five thousand Israeli officials online. The group used their Anonpaste.me site to address a message to the Israeli government before linking to the page with names, ID numbers and personal emails of 5,000 officials. “ Source:Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli [...]
“The e-mail seems preposterous on its face, but the fact it appeared to come from a legal executive at the company — and at a time that Coca-Cola was pushing energy-saving measures — led Etchells to open it and click on a link that purported to lead to a message from the chief executive officer, [...]
