Hackers leak customer data after firm refuses to pay ransom

Hackers leak customer data after firm refuses to pay ransom


Hackers leak customer data after firm refuses to pay ransom

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Hacking collective "Rex Mundi" has leaked a batch of personal and financial information belonging to individuals who have applied for loans with online loan provider AmeriCash Advance, after the compa...

Compromised website serving "state-sponsored" 0-day exploit

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:09 AM PDT

The still unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) that allows attackers to gain the same user rights as the logged on user and execute malicious code remotely is being acti...

Online file sharing poses great security risks

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:49 AM PDT

As online file sharing becomes increasingly common as a business practice, SMBs are more at risk than ever before, according to Symantec. A new survey revealed that SMB employees are increasingly a...

Check Point releases new DDoS Protector appliances

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:45 AM PDT

Check Point introduced a new line of security appliances designed to fight DDoS attacks. The DDoS Protector appliances deliver multi-layered protection and up to 12 Gbps of throughput to help business...

Google detects 9500 malicious sites per day

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Five years after it was first introduced, Google's Safe Browsing program continues to provide an invaluable service to the 600 million Chrome, Firefox, and Safari users, as well as those searching for...

User activity monitoring revealed

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

In this interview, Matthew Ulery, Director of Product Management with NetIQ, discusses the challenges related to user activity monitoring. He talks about the various methods, technologies as well as p...

Julian Assange asking for asylum in Ecuador

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Tuedsay, reports Wired. After having its final extradition appeal denied by the Supreme Cour...

Worldwide security spending tops $19 billion

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:50 AM PDT

Globally small and medium business Security Market (on-premise and cloud) spend is expected to experience an overall compounded annual growth rate of over 10% for the period of 2011 through 2016. C...

Flame was developed by US and Israel

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:17 AM PDT

Earlier this month, unnamed government sources seemingly confirmed that Stuxnet was developed through a joint effort of the US and Israeli government agencies. Two days prior to that, the existen...

Big Data skilled professionals in demand

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:04 AM PDT

The shortage of Big Data skilled professionals is driving the need for collaborative self-service access to Hadoop across companies of all sizes, according to Karmasphere. According to the survey, ...

Securely open cloud apps to mobile devices

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:11 AM PDT

Layer 7 Technologies released the SecureSpan Mobile Access Gateway which simplifies how internal information gets exposed to mobile apps and developers while giving architects the ability to configure...

Unpatched Microsoft flaw actively exploited in the wild

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:10 AM PDT

When Microsoft released a security advisory detailing a critical flaw in Microsoft XML Core Services and its corresponding "Fix it" mitigation solution last week, it made sure to note that it was awar...

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