The news broke just a few short hours ago that mobile phone giant, Carphone Warehouse, has been victim of a data breach where hackers gained access to the bank details of 2.4 million customers. Customers with accounts at OneStopPhoneShope.com, e2save.com and mobiles.co.uk may also be affected.
Adam Winn, Senior Product Manager at OPSWAT, has examined further revelations from the Hacking Team breach, after it was revealed that the FBI were among those who purchased services and products from Hacking Team for the purpose of identifying TOR users. Using techniques such as spear phishing and drive-by-downloads, the FBI were able to gain the IP addresses of the TOR users that they required, all whilst remaining undetected by security measures.
London, UK: Imperva, Inc committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today unveiled its August Hacker Intelligence Initiative Report (HII Report) at Black Hat USA 2015: “Man in the Cloud Attacks.” This new report uncovers how a new type of attack, “Man in the Cloud” (MITC), can quietly coopt common file synchronization services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, to turn them into devastating attack tools not easily detected by common security measures. The report notes that this next-generation attack does not require compromising the user’s cloud account username or password.
London, UK: Proofpoint, Inc announced from Black Hat USA 2015 Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Social Discover, which provides IT administrators with immediate visibility into the social media accounts linked to their organizations and the ability to persistently monitor for spam, phishing, malware, bad actors and fraud. Armed with this knowledge and Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection threat intelligence across both social and email vectors, security teams can create a more comprehensive strategy to combat advanced attacks.
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