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• Sony Pictures LulzSec hacker sentenced

  19.04.2013

  25-year-old LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger (aka "recursion") has been sentenced to spend one year in prison for his involvement in the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack that resulted in the the compromise of over one million user accounts.

• WordPress sites targeted by mass brute-force attack

  15.04.2013

  US-CERT has issued an alert regarding the ongoing massive brute-force attacks against WordPress sites, warning users and administrators to keep their installation always updated and to change the username and password for their WordPress accounts - especially if they kept the default "admin" username and use an easy-to-guess, commonly-used password.

• Malicious HP scan notifications target employees

  09.04.2013

  Users are once again being targeted with fake notifications about a scanned document, but instead of attaching a malicious file to the email, malware peddlers have opted for including a link to a site serving malware: The email's headers have been spoofed to make it look like the message was sent by a printer inside the victim's enterprise, and the fact that the crooks chose the HP brand is accidental - they could have just as easily have used - and have in the past - Xerox, Lexmark or any other popular brand of printers, scanners, or photocopiers.

• "Your private naked photos online" emails lead to total computer compromise

  09.04.2013

  Malware peddlers continue to use the old "your naked photos online" lure to trick users into following malicious links or downloading malicious attachments, warns Total Defense's Alex Polischuk.

• Bitcoin-mining Trojan lurking on Skype

  08.04.2013

  Bitcoin-mining malware is nothing new, but with the success of Bitcoin and the renewed interest it is receiving lately, cyber crooks are again concentrating their efforts to harness the power of random computers in order to create them.

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Review: Logging and Log Management

Posted on 22 May 2013.  |  Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities

Posted on 22 May 2013.  |  Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage

Posted on 21 May 2013.  |  Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance

Posted on 20 May 2013.  |  Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware

Posted on 20 May 2013.  |  A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.