Security

Attack targets firms from the automobile industry in Europe

Sony says ‘high traffic’ downs PlayStation, Entertainment networks

US warns ‘significant number’ of major businesses hit by Backoff malware

John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde escape the shredder as FBI finishes vast digital fingerprint/ID project

FBI close to completing digitization project for its Next Generation Identification system

$50K awarded for system that sniffs out Web app vulnerabilities

Facebook joins forces with USENIX to dole out Internet Defense Prize

Security spending gets boost from mobile, social and cloud, says Gartner

Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls

NIST taking input for mobile security guidelines

US agencies to release cyberthreat information faster to the health-care industry

Aorato’s directory services application firewall protects Active Directory from attack and abuse