Phishing for iPhone Victims

Scammers are employing a new phishing attack targeting iPhone users. The attacks impersonate Apple.com and attempt to gather sensitive information from unsuspecting iPhone users and could be used for a variety of scams.

The emails generally highlight a ‘Free 1 Year Warranty Extension’ and route the user to a phishing website. The site then asks for the users email address, the serial number of their iPhone, the type of phone,…

Featured Job- Advisor, Cyber Crime and Cyber Defense with DoD

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ADVISOR TO INTELLIGENCE AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE COMPONENTS OF THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES (ISF) TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MINISTERIAL CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATIVE AND CYBER DEFENSE DETECTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND PREVENTION CAPABILITY.  ADVISING MAINLY OCCURS IN SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR’S (MOI) NATIONAL INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATION AGENCY.  AIDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBUST CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATIVE AND INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM(S) WITHIN NIIA IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.  AIDS IN THE…

EPIC Submits Statement to Congress on Google-NSA Relationship

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has issued a statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the recent revelations surrounding the Google-NSA relationship.

The statement asked the committee to conduct an investigation into the relationship between Google and NSA, urged the committee to support the ratification of the Council of Europe privacy convention and requested the classified document granting NSA…

NIST Issues Second Draft of Smart-Grid Cybersecurity Plan

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its second draft of its strategy, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements, for public review.

The implementation of smart-grid technology opens up a variety of new vulnerabilities with the power grid. Foreign nations and terrorists would be capable of using cyberspace to take down the power grid throughout…

Hacktivists Strike Australian Government Websites

In protest of proposed censorship regulations by the Australian government, hacktivists launched a distributed denial of service attack against Australian government websites.

Operation Titstorm, launched Wednesday, disrupted access to the sites of the Australian parliament and government, www.australia.gov.au and www.aph.gov.au.

The attacks included pornographic images, which were slated to be censored. The proposed filtering would block websites that feature “extreme sexual content.” The category includes rape, bestiality, and child pornography, but…

New Banking Trojan Found

Security researchers with SecureWorks have discovered a new banking Trojan, which is used by cyber criminals to siphon off millions of dollars.

The so-called Bugat Trojan looks to exploit wire transfer and Automated Clearing House transactions, which are used by smaller businesses.

The Trojan uses malware commonly used in other financial cyber crimes. These include:

Hacker to Help DARPA

DARPA has tapped well-respected hacker Peiter Zatko, commonly known as Mudge, to be the program manager in the Strategic Technologies Office. He will be in charge of funding research that is meant to help the federal government defend against cyber attacks.

He will enter into his new position in March. Zatko told Cnet in an interview a major goal…

Featured Job- Deputy Assistant Director for Technical CI and Cyber Threats with DNI

Oversee, lead, and manage strategic planning and operation processes in support of the National Counterintelligence Plan, the National Counterintelligence Operating Plan, and Cyber Operations plans to ensure technical aspects of defensive and offensive measures are implemented effectively and in a timely manner.

Represent the Associate Director for Cyber during his/her absence at meetings, conferences, and other public for a regarding Cyber CI issues.

Oversee the coordination, development and implementation of National…

Company Sues Bank Following Successful Phishing Attack

Experi-Metal Inc., a metal supply company, is suing Comerica Bank, claiming the bank opened its customers up to be victims of phishing attacks, according to krebsonsecurity.com.

The lawsuit alleges the Comerica Bank routinely sent email messages to customers asking them to click a link to update security technology.

The suit also alleges the countermeasures employed by the bank were insufficient because the phishing attack was able to circumvent the two-factor authentication…

CyberSecurity Malaysia Calls for More Cyber Experts

Despite the current manageable level of cyber crime, CyberSecurity Malaysia has highlighted the need for more trained cyber professionals to deal with the growing problem.

CEO  retired Lt. Col. Husin Jazri said, “I do not want to claim we have a lack of experts or our experts are enough to solve problems but we need to collaborate to produce more…