Brian Prince

A cyber-espionage tool security pros say is linked to Flame has been spotted stealing banking information in a spate of attacks in the Middle East. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab said the malware, known as Gauss, was launched back in August or September of 2011–roughly the same time as the Duqu malware was discovered. In the […]

Apple and Amazon are taking steps to change some of their security policies after it came to light that hackers tricked staff members into helping them change the passwords of Gizmodo journalist Mat Honan’s online accounts. In a first-person article published on Wired, Honan details how a hacker was able to access his iCloud account […]

A few weeks ago at the Aspen Security Forum, Gen. Keith Alexander, National Security Agency director, said the number of attacks against America’s critical infrastructure increased seventeenfold between 2009 and 2011. Now as much as ever, some argue, a gap exists between the protection capabilities of today’s enterprises and the penetration capabilities of modern attackers. […]

The White House is considering its options after the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 died in the U.S. Senate Aug. 2, including possibly using an executive order to mandate parts of the bill if Congress refuses to vote on it, according to a report. According to The Hill, White House press secretary Jay Carney said President […]

Illinois has become the second state in the country to pass legislation banning companies from asking employees or job applicants for their login information for social networks. The bill, which Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Aug. 1, makes it illegal for an employer to request social network account information in order to gain access […]

Google has updated its developer policies to take a bite out of spam applications on Google Play. In an email published on Android Central, the Google Play team stated that it was updating its policies to address unhealthy behavior, such as deceptive application names and spammy notifications. Among the changes are new restrictions placed on […]

Cloud-based storage provider Dropbox came clean with more details today about a security breach that led to a spamming campaign. The company’s investigation into the incident revealed that usernames and passwords stolen from other Websites were used to sign in to a number of Dropbox accounts, including one belonging to a Dropbox employee that contained […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached agreement with Google on the terms of a consent decree that will levy a $22.5 million fine against Google for bypassing the privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser, according to reports. The decree will allow Google to settle with the commission without admitting any liability, Reuters reported. The […]

Video game maker Ubisoft Entertainment says it has patched a security vulnerability uncovered in a plug-in used by players that could have potentially exposed them to malware. The issue apparently lies in the browser plug-in installed by Uplay, the digital-rights management (DRM) software that allows players to connect with other gamers. According to Ubisoft, the […]

Researchers at Seculert have uncovered what could be evidence of a link between the Mahdi malware and the infamous Flame malware discovered earlier this year. Though no strong connections have been found between the Flame and Mahdi campaigns, a small clue may have been unearthed in the code, according to Seculert, “For each victim, the […]