Security News

Satellite-Based Monitoring Constitutes a  Fourth Amendment Search (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 17:53

Supreme Court rules that satellite-based monitoring constitutes a Fourth Amendment protected search in sex offender case but does not rule on whether this particular search is a reasonable one.

Google to Publish Research on Browser Ad Injectors (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 17:38

Google is preparing to release new research on the prevalence of ad injectors, the often-unwanted browser extensions that inject ads onto Web pages, and the numbers will show just how widespread...

MongoDB Patches Remote Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 15:46

Popular NoSQL database MongoDB has released an update that patches a critical denial-of-service vulnerability.

DDoS Attack on GitHub Linked to Earlier One Against GreatFire.org (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 14:35

The ongoing DDoS attack on GitHub, which has made the social coding site intermittently unresponsive since March 25, is essentially a side effect of an older operation from the Chinese government...

Volatile Cedar APT Group First Operating Out of Lebanon (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 13:00

An APT group with its sights on selective targets, most of those in Israel, has been using an elusive malware implant to steal data from groups with state and political interests.

British Airways Suspends Some Accounts Following Unauthorized Activity (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 19:22

British Airways, one of the U.K's biggest airlines, suspended users' frequent flier accounts this weekend after an apparent breach recently hit the company.

eBay Fixes File Upload and Patch Disclosure Bugs (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 17:41

eBay has fixed a pair of security vulnerabilities in its site that could enable attackers to upload executable files disguised as benign file types, construct full path URLs and then point victims...

Hackers Selling Uber Credentials on Underground Market (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 16:57

Uber user credentials are on sale on underground hacking forums, but the alternative taxi company says it has found no evidence of a breach of its systems.

DDoS Attack Against GitHub Continues After More Than Four Days (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 14:55

More than four days after it began, the massive DDoS attack on GitHub is still ongoing. The attack has evolved significantly since it started and GitHub officials said they believe that the goal...

Ad Networks Ripe for Abuse Via Malvertising (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 14:05

Criminals have found a safe haven abusing legitimate processes, such as real-time bidding, implemented by online advertising networks to move exploits and malware, and build botnets and fraud campaigns.