Intrusion Detection Software

Global mobile roaming hub accessible from the Internet and vulnerable, researchers find

Two security researchers from KPN found vulnerable hosts in the GPRS Roaming Exchange that can be attacked from the Internet

New attack methods can ‘brick’ systems, defeat Secure Boot, researchers say

Security researchers from Mitre found new ways to defeat the Secure Boot feature in UEFI and install boot-level rootkits

Vessel-tracking system vulnerable to denial-of-service, other attacks, researchers say

Attackers could disable Automatic Identification System communications over large areas or send fake localization information to ships

New security problems keep eBay on edge

Independent security pros are finding all kinds of flaws in eBay's networks

Needed: Breach detection correction

Researchers find large global botnet of infected PoS systems

The botnet contained almost 1,500 compromised point-of-sale and other retail systems from 36 countries, researchers from IntelCrawler said

Point-of-sale attacks accounted for a third of data breaches in 2013, report says

However, a significant rise in attacks targeting sensitive data not related to payment cards was also observed, Trustwave says

Symantec tailors sharper small business security suite

Norton Small Business works on Windows, OS X and Android with limited features for iOS

Home routers: Broken windows to the world

‘Elderwood’ hackers continue to set pace for zero-day exploits

Symantec believes the group may be more diverse and well funded than believed