Articles from ITBoB Home (trending on the web)

Cyber Fallout! South Korean nuclear reactor breached with USB malware

Submitted by on

South Korean nuclear reactor was breached with an unauthorized USB device containing malware.Related Posts:Pirated downloads of The Interview spread malware to AndroidU.S. Charges Chinese Military Hackers with Cyber EspionageSony got hacked (again!) – no Playstation this…BadLepricon Mobile Malware Mines for Bitcoin GoldEmsisoft Mobile Security 1.0 released!

Wearables will cause data breaches in the enterprise, says Good Technology: 2015 Tech Predictions

Submitted by on

2015 will be the year of the smart watch, with compelling offerings arriving on both the Apple and Android platforms. But we will also see popular consumer mobile applications creating huge security issues for the enterprise, with major security breaches … Continue reading →

“Lizard Squad” hackers now accepting freelance requests

Submitted by on

The hacking group that successfully took down the Playstation Network and Xbox Live over Christmas is now, rather ominously, offering its services to anyone who will pay. According to The Guardian, a Lizard Squad representative claimed the Xbox and PSN hack as a “huge marketing scheme” – and that the software it used to it, called “LizardStresser” can be pointed ... Read More

Study claims more than 80% of 'dark net' traffic is to child abuse sites

Submitted by on

Research claims that paedophilia sites using Tor’s ‘hidden services’ technology attract many more visits than drug markets and whistleblower sitesMore than 80% of so-called “dark net” internet traffic is generated by visits to websites offering child-abuse material, according to a study of Tor “hidden services” websites conducted at the University of Portsmouth.Researcher Dr Gareth Owen analysed traffic to sites using Tor’s technology to hide their addresses from search engines over a six-month period, in an attempt to understand what kind of sites were most popular.“The greater the number

Pages