Malware

NSA spreading malware to further goals for more power

Twitter tightens security against NSA snooping

The company calls on others to embrace 'perfect forward secrecy'

CryptoLocker gang casts tentacles into botnet crime world

CryptoLocker cyber-gang sometimes sharing 75% of extortion profits with botnet owners, Symantec says

Cybercrime forum advertises financial malware that uses stealthy I2P communications

The malware uses the I2P darknet to communicate with its command-and-control servers, according to the sales pitch

4 reasons email will never die

Kids may no longer embrace email, but it ain't going away any time soon. Here's why.

Trojan program steals log-in credentials, other sensitive data from SAP client applications

Attackers can also use the malware to remotely control infected workstations and access SAP servers, Microsoft researchers said

Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records from online dating network Cupid Media

The exposed information included email addresses and plaintext passwords

GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attack results in compromised accounts

Some GitHub accounts had their passwords, access tokens and SSH keys reset

Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion

Cryptolocker, the latest ransomware, may be newsworthy, but it's been hyped, too, says expert

Hackers actively exploiting JBoss vulnerability to compromise servers, researchers say

Hackers exploit exposed JBoss management interfaces and invokers to install Web shells on servers