August, 2015:

• BitTorrent moves to patch reflective DDoS attack flaw
• Recovering from virtual breaches is doubly expensive for businesses
• Symantec identifies 49 new modules associated with Regin
• ICYMI: Adblock threatens OSX; Thomson customers exposed; AM leaker 'a woman'; AM police call on white hat help; Malaysia cyber alert
• Dark website Agora closes over Tor vulnerability suspicions
• ISIS hacking leader killed by drone strike
• Before the kill chain: What attackers are doing and how you can spot them
• Zero-Day, Angler kit exploits help drive up malvertising by 325%
• Researchers uncover possible Iranian-backed phishing scam
• Global cyber-security skills shortage leaves Australia open to attack
• Pre-empt the regulations and safeguard your data NOW!
• DD4BC are DDoS attack driving force, new report claims
• Unique 8 week SANS Cyber Academy kicks off next week
• Google login credentials at risk from smart refrigerator hack
• Mumsnet hit again, this time by stronger series of attacks
• Hackers revive Word macro malware in AutoIT RAT attack
• Symantec now protecting one billion IoT devices
• Global think tank calls for global digital privacy
• Dropbox phishing scam uses compromised Wordpress site
• Revenge 'insider' Aviva phone hacker jailed
• Sun, sea and shadow IT
• Intrusion vs. Breach: How security analytics & automated response can improve your chances of avoiding a breach
• IBM urges companies to block Tor—new banking trojan on black market
• GitHub seeks to contain DDoS attack
• SMEs under attack from surge in fake invoice fraud
• Apple fixes bad case of Ins0mnia in iOS 8.4.1
• App on Google Play store exploited critical 'Certifi-gate' Android vulnerability
• IBM: Corporations could be the next target for ransomware attacks
• Fraudsters selling pets online is increasing
• Privileged identities are at the core of today's cyber attacks
• US automakers respond to cyber-security failings with new ISAC
• Sundown exploit kit first to use IE flaw in attack on Japan
• Mozilla changes security model to bolster extension protection
• Unmanaged Apple devices pose a liability to corporations
• Ashley Madison - police call for 'white hat' help
• Sven Sakkov appointed director of the NATO CCDCE
• Facial recognition: a solution to the need for stronger security?
• Twitter blocks API access for Diplotwoops website
• Disaster recovery planning - it's not just how but when
• Thomson data breach exposes hundreds of customer details
• A woman insider leaked the Madison cheats cache says McAfee
• Strewth! Aussie telco Telstra pushes malvertising
• Spotify updates to privacy policy leave users furious
• Popular Android browsers open to hackers
• Royal Saudi Airforce website hit by Iranian pro-Yemen-rebel group
• WordPress sites redirect to Neutrino EK, CryptoWall pushed via Flash exploit
• Why IT service management teams must play a key role in cyber resilience
• US Embassy official in London charged with 'sextortion'
• Facebook ThreatExchange nears 100 participants
• ICO demands Google take down links under 'right to be forgotten'
• Does Adblock Plus weaken Mac OSX security?
• Flaw in managed app configuration on iOS devices puts corporate data at risk
• Another security flaw in Android, multitasking is affected
• 'Chinese' APT group hits hundreds of Japanese firms
• Secondary Impact with another dump of Ashley Madison data
• Credit card data possibly compromised for 93K Web.com customers
• DARPA seeks to develop programme that drastically improves DDoS defence
• ICYMI: Big data leaking; Salesforce vulnerability; suppressed car hack; sound authentication and critical IE fix
• Google facility in Europe loses data due to lightning strikes
• NCC Group sponsoring second Cyber 10K competition
• Cyber-attack alert in Malaysia
• Top three network risks for mobile workers and how to counter them
• Upon reflection, BitTorrent amplifies DDoS attacks
• Newly-patched IE bug used in cyber-attack on Hong Kong church
• Teen nabbed after cyber-attacks on UK government sites
• Bank of England encourages increase of cyber-attack protection
• Bitcoin exchange founder faces re-arrest in Japan
• Mumsnet hacked, co-founder falls victim to swatting attack
• Flaws found in Pocket
• Leaked Ashley Madison emails include MP and hundreds of UK public figures
• Outsourcing IT security continues to grow, study finds
• Adobe patches flaw in LiveCycle Data Services
• Five myths of industrial control system security
• Unpatched 0-day threatens Apple Mac users
• Russian Pawn Storm APT group spied on punk band and others
• Microsoft forced to release out-of-band patch to fix IE
• Panda APT group using Hacking Team flaws
• Updated: Adultery site Madison's customer details posted online
• Hack Amazon's dash buttons for more than just ordering stuff
• Malaysian police works with Interpol and FBI to evade cyber-warfare threat
• Cyber-security bootcamp to train future experts
• China arrests 15,000 during cyber-crime sweep
• PCI DSS v3.1 - Are you ready?
• Alert: Target reaches US$ 67 m settlement with Visa
• Another Android flaw affects almost all devices
• Partnership between NSA and telecoms pose both security and privacy risk, experts say
• Mozilla tests pre-beta Firefox 'deeper than local' privacy
• Ransomware goes open source
• Security researchers reveal car hack after two-year injunction
• Kaspersky Lab—spam and phishing in Q2
• Kaspersky Lab denies allegations it induced false positive AV detections
• Israeli and UK universities sign cyber-security research deal
• Adobe settles charges in data breach suit
• How your red team penetration testers can help improve your blue team
• Two-thirds of organisations are potential targets for nation-state cyber-attacks
• FireEye and Europol join forces on cyber-crime detection
• Sound Proof: new two-factor authentication through ambient noise
• Vulnerability identified in Google Admin app, remains unpatched
• Smartwatches aren't so clever when it comes to security
• India and US to enhance global cyber-security
• Yahoo malvertising actors turn attention to AdSpirit
• Windows 10 shares user data with Microsoft, even after disabling settings
• Incident response - time is of the essence
• One petabyte of sensitive data exposed online in big data security gaff
• Cross-site scripting vulnerability uncovered in Salesforce cloud
• Companies analysing loads of internal cyber-security data
• Apple updates OS X and iOS to squash security bugs
• Dropbox adds USB two-factor authentication to beef up security
• Asprox botnet mostly disappeared in 2015
• Cisco warns IOS device customers on attack 'evolution'
• The information security landscape of the future
• Irish security specialist leads ICTTF to combat cyber-crime
• 'Cyber-flasher' highlights need to know your phone settings
• IoT security failing by ignoring sustainability
• Protecting against Android's Stagefright exploit
• Lenovo laptops automatically re-install removed software
• ICYMI: Apple hack; Carphone Warehouse breach; Firefox patch; Russian self-sufficiency
• Mideast hackers target 'US petrol station' honeypots
• Hackers setting up rogue pop-up-ads for website payments
• Adobe updates Flash Player and AIR, fixes 35 bugs
• Fingerprints only ever part of the solution, whether Android or Apple
• Is cyber-security the IP of the 21st century?
• Lawsuit filed against UCLA health system—data breaches on the rise
• Internet warfare declared, attack threatened by Anonymous Malaysia
• Daesh (IS) cyber-attack exposes Australians
• Hackers exploiting Windows vulnerability that infects via USB
• Oracle pulls CSO's reverse engineering and bug bounty programme rant
• Half of Patch Tuesday bulletins cover Windows 10
• Updated: Hackers trade on inside information to net $100m
• Security team finds additional Android vulnerability
• Faster security understanding with visualisation
• DMU pros work with police to fight cyber-crime
• Tesla vehicle hack fix delivered over-the-air
• Security flaw left in Intel's chips for over a decade
• Massive hole in Facebook security leaves users at risk of data theft
• Big Brother Watch slams UK local authorities for four data breaches per day
• Darkhotel APT group phases out hotel Wi-Fi infections, brings in Hacking Team zero-day
• German treason investigation released against Netzpolitik journalists
• Technology firm loses nearly £30 million in digital transfer fraud
• UK ham radio operators spammed with malware
• Cyber security of industrial systems: the risks that lie in client machines
• IWF teams with web behemoths to battle child abuse imagery
• Temasek Polytechnic-IBM Security Operations Centre to train Singaporean cyber-security pros
• Mozilla moves to patch flaw in Firefox
• Microsoft boosts bug bounty programme rewards
• RAT AlienSpy found on phone of dead Argentinean prosecutor
• Pan-European cyber-security law includes digital in critical services
• How UK crypto-currency businesses can detect money-laundering
• Updated: 2.4 million hit by Carphone Warehouse breach
• Cybercriminals crack open security on Apple devices.
• Black Hat 2015: Honeypots gather data on gas pump monitoring system attacks
• ICYMI: Windows 10 hack, Bank attacks and slow DDoS
• Russian hackers accessed Pentagon's unclassified email system
• Sony data breach action survives motion of suit dismissal
• Zeus creator suspected to have spied for Russian interests
• Russia to reduce dependence on Western technology due to state security concerns
• Batteries leak data used to track browser use
• It's time to think inside the box
• Man-in-the-cloud attacks can compromise enterprise cloud storage
• Panda Emissary APT concentrated in attacking aerospace companies
• Is Thunderstrike 2 still a threat despite Apple patch?
• ICANN hacked—emails and passwords stolen
• China announces plans to install police units at internet companies
• Darpa asks how to manage extreme DDoS attacks
• CESG forced to pull HTTPS website as SSL certificate gets revoked
• Windows Server Update Services open to attack
• Another 'critical' upgrade for WordPress
• Survey asks CFOs about data security and fraud issues
• Samsung will now release monthly security patches
• MIT cracks Tor anonymity network and recognises hidden servers
• Poor patching is still one of the biggest security issues
• Researchers set out to map the Internet of Things
• Exclusive: NCA losing cyber-crime officers to Met's Falcon
• HSBC chairman pledges to invest in cyber-security
• To mine or not to mine, that's the question for senate
• Mobile malware increases severely over last quarter
• Researcher warns of vulnerability in Popcorn Time
• VPN gone bad: APT actors enlist Chinese 'Terracotta' provider to hide criminal activity
• Nearly 90 percent of Android devices vulnerable to endless reboot bug
• UK charity CALM hacked in 'senseless' attack
• Businesses threatened with DDoS extortion attack
• Revamped RIG exploit kit infects one million PCs
• Data protection doesn't have to be a four-letter word
• US cyber-laws harm privacy and security
• Zero-day exploit hits fully patched Macs
• Yahoo hit by malvertising, potentially exposing millions of web surfers
• FDA calls halt to use of compromised drug infusion pumps
• Smart safe found to be insecure
• Tripwire uncovers smart home hub zero-day vulnerabilities
• Will we ever get ahead of the hackers?
• RBS and NatWest bank attacks should have been mitigated
• Joomla VirtueMart vulnerable due to limited password combinations
• Ministry of Defence adopts cloud
• Hackers use Windows 10 to install ransomware on computers
• Cyber-insurance to reach £6 bn by 2020
• BitDefender classifies 'piracy monetisation' site Rightscorp as malware
• White House said to be mulling retaliation against China for OPM hacks
• Secret NSA map shows Chinese cyber-espionage targets in US
• Ping of Death: How an adorable sounding DDoS attack can wreak havoc