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Unnoticed for years, malware turned Linux and BSD servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:30

For over 5 years, and perhaps even longer, servers around the world running Linux and BSD operating systems have been targeted by an individual or group that compromised them via a backdoor Trojan, th...

Fake "Account Locked" notices are delivering CTB-Locker (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:12

Active spam campaigns delivering fake notices about temporarily locked accounts have been spotted in the last few days delivering a deadly malware combination: the Dalexis downloader and the CTB-Locke...

CTO insights: Defending your organization from insider attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:00

If you’ve read enough crime novels or seen enough action movies, the plot is all too familiar to you: an insider – acting to correct some slight or insult he or she received years ago – turns against ...

Lawmakers criticize FBI's request for encryption back doors
2015-05-01 08:53

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2916895/encryption/lawmakers-criticize-fbis-request-for-encryption-back-doors.html By Grant Gross IDG News Service April 29, 2015

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino suffers data breach
2015-05-01 08:53

http://www.csoonline.com/article/2917674/data-breach/hard-rock-hotel-and-casino-suffers-data-breach.html By Dave Lewis Brick of Enlightenment CSO April 30, 2015

Harbortouch is Latest Test POS Breach
2015-05-01 08:53

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/05/harbortouch-is-latest-pos-vendor-breach/ By Brian Krebs Krebs on Security May 1, 2015

How the Pentagon Could Soon Share Americans' Data With Foreign Militaries
2015-05-01 08:53

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/04/how-pentagon-could-soon-share-americans-data-with-foreign-militaries/111553/ By Patrick Tucker Defense One April 30, 2015

Ryanair falls victim to €4.6m hacking s	cam via Chinese bank
2015-05-01 08:52

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ryanair-falls-victim-to-4-6m-hacking-scam-via-chinese-bank-1.2192444 By Ciarán Hancock The Irish Times 4/29/2015

Infosec: Don't fear the word (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 08:36

Are these words too difficult for you? Basilisk, snuffleupagus, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Quidditch, Oompa Loompa. I hope not! They’re all part of the magical world of children’s literature.

The importance of integrating identity and data (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 07:51

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2015, Siva Belasamy, CEO and CTO at Deep Identity, talks about how identifying who has access to what, and the risks associated with such access, can be a da...