The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has alerted more than a thousand businesses in the United States that their network systems might have been put in jeopardy after the discovery of a malware kit dubbed “Backoff” that targets point of sale terminals.
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Bitcoin phishers tried to steal virtual wallets of 400 organizations
Cyber criminals are not done yet after the attack that shut down cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in March, another wave of malicious campaign in the form of phishing is targeting hundreds of finance, media, and technology organizations, among others.
Amazon is clashing with Google in online advertising realm
Amazon is keen on rivaling with Google in every way, and now the company wants to take on the search giant in the online advertising business by planning to create its own software and algorithm to place ads all over the Internet.
Several UPS stores suffered malware intrusion
As if the recent slew of malware attacks on large retailers such as Target, Neiman Marcus and Michael’s, another huge malware intrusion was reported to have hit The UPS Store outlets in several franchise locations.
Researchers find security flaw across Android, Windows and iOS
It has been usual that a certain security flaw hits only a single operating system at a time, but a new finding from researchers the University of California and University of Michigan show a massive vulnerability across the Android, Windows, and iOS operating systems.
Amazon steps up security for cloud services with Perfect Forward Secrecy
In an effort to escalate the level of encryption security for its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services has activated the Perfect Forward Secrecy for its CloudFront offerings.
