July, 2014:

• Researcher develops BadUSB code to compromise USB sticks - and their computer hosts
• What's the odds? Paddy Power loses 650,000 records in 2010 breach
• Cybercrime threat landscape evolving rapidly
• Tor Project unearths attack that identifies users
• Brazil faced almost 90,000 cyber attacks during World Cup
• Hackers tap flaws in Amazon cloud to host DDoS botnets
• Nasdaq's 2010 brush with disaster only now truly understood
• China allegedly behind attack on Canadian research group
• UK Lords slams EU ruling on "right to be forgotten"
• Fake ID Android flaw allows apps to be impersonated
• Internet of Things creates new set of security headaches
• At a million a month, Keith Alexander's post-NSA career looks promising
• Chinese hackers steal confidential documents on Israeli missile defence system
• Real threats start with humans, not technology
• Security researcher finds exploitable flaws in 14 antivirus engines
• Russian government promises £60k bounty to Tor hackers
• UK watchdog warns firms on Big Data risks
• 4% of Googlebots are fake and can launch attacks
• Cybersecurity - Best Practices for Protecting Identities and Assets
• The 5 most read articles this week: July 18-24
• Brit Lauri Love faces more US hacking charges
• More questions than answers as BBC outage fuels DDoS talk
• ICYMI: Questions on cyber warfare, start-up money and helping out charities
• Securing the energy industry: is success a dead CERT?
• StubHub ticketing agency taken for a million pounds
• DDoS attacks grow as first DIY kits emerge
• WordPress plugin flaw opens blogs up to cybercriminals
• European Central Bank loses personal records after data breach
• The science behind DDoS extortion
• Despite concerns, companies remain vague about targeted attacks
• 34 European banks hit by Android app security attacks
• Entrepreneur develops hacked data search engine
• Insider threat levels from ex-staffers greater than expected
• WSJ the latest publisher to be hit by 'w0rm' hacker
• Critical National Infrastructure: how to reduce industrial-scale risk
• Anonymous wages 'cyber war' against Israel in support of Gaza
• Almost a third of online consumers don't trust retail security
• Queen's website hosts controversial tracking technique
• Could MH17 sanctions push Russia to cyber warfare?
• Snowden, Ellsberg ask hackers to help obscure whistleblower activity
• Apple accused of hiding backdoors in all 600 million iOS devices
• Insiders can use whistleblowing tools to steal data without a trail
• MH17 spammers direct Twitter users to Zeus-ridden websites
• Know thy neighbour: Dealing with third-party cyber attacks
• EU's new cybercrime taskforce set to launch
• The 5 most read articles this week: July 11-17
• Criminals get hold of 'Russian state malware'
• ICYMI: Google's Project Zero, ICO breach & sharing intel on critical infrastructure
• Snowden calls on businesses to encrypt data, shun Dropbox
• The dungeon of the 'Deep Web'; where even the spiders dare not travel
• EC3 aids Romanian cybercriminal network takedown
• Android apps too free and easy with access permissions
• Embedded Windows XP systems targeted by new Chinese malware
• Controversial DRIP bill set to become UK law
• eBay counts the cost after 'challenging' data breach
• IT security pros prioritise new tech over training
• NIST to NSA: get your hands off our encryption (please)
• German loss of trust heralds return of typewriters
• Security vulnerabilities found on password managers
• Regulatory compliance and risk includes third-parties
• Amazon triples malware hosting in six months
• Conference report: Intelligence services share secrets with private sector
• CISOs breaking free from IT control, missing board support
• CNET loses data on 1 million users
• Pitty Tiger APT exploits older version Office flaws
• ICO wants more power as privacy complaints hit record levels
• 96% suffer significant IT security incident
• CISOs still grappling with security awareness training
• British PM promises £800 million cyber defence fund
• The need for resilience
• Game on for Gameover?
• The 5 most read articles this week: July 4-11
• China accused of global zero-day attack on shipping firms
• ICYMI: British spies, security researchers & finding value from BYOD
• Poor admin passwords allow global botnet attack
• Using spreadsheets to manage risk is risky business
• UK government criticised for opposing 'right to be forgotten'
• NCA partners with FBI, Europol to disrupt Shylock Trojan
• Malwarebytes raises more than £17 million in VC funding
• UK government to increase surveillance
• Adobe, Microsoft, Tumblr react against the Rosetta Flash attack
• Can Twitter spammers steal email addresses?
• Light bulb illuminates WiFi weakness: IOT security needs to improve
• Most UK firms expect to be targeted by cyber-attacks next year
• Deep Panda - three years of attacks to defend China's oil interests
• Critics slam ISACA's APT report
• Heartbleed (remediation) has improved open source cybersecurity
• Mobile flaw hits most Android devices
• 1990s Macro viruses back with a vengeance
• Spamhaus seeks arrests of non-EU DDoS attackers
• All Microsoft-seized domains back with No-IP
• Hotel Hippo closes for good after data breach
• Scottish companies warned on cyber security
• 'Complacency' to blame for undetected data breaches
• New surveillance law proposed to track mobiles
• NSA 'spied on German NSA enquiry'
• Losing data and facing the ICO
• Digital signatures are now legal authentication
• Barclays receives Cyber Essentials certification for digital banking
• InfoSec Skills launches cyber security skills programme
• Cyber security not a UK boardroom priority
• Germans reveal new NSA XKeyScore internet monitoring
• ICYMI: Microsoft takedown, policing cybercrime & eyes on Tor and Tails
• The top 8 ways that privileged accounts are exploited
• Bletchley Park cyber security centre opens
• DOWNAD one of the top threats in spam malware
• Zero day vulnerabilities equities process under scrutiny in the US
• CosmicDuke malware may hit European governments
• Is your smartphone really switched off?
• GCHQ sued by ISPs over state-sponsored hacking
• MP says National Security Strategy must take cyber threat seriously
• Spam down in May says Kaspersky
• 90% of authentication is 'unnecessary'
• Why traditional antivirus is facing increasing criticism
• ICO probes Facebook/HotelHippo data privacy
• Cyberwarfare on the increase in Iraq
• University of Surrey opens cyber security research centre
• New Android RAT threatens mobile banking users
• Cyber security skills gap a 'legacy problem'
• Denmark gives in to NSA's demands
• MS No-IP takedown hits 25% of APT attackers
• Stuxnet, just the beginning?
• Sink or swim - Titanic lessons for cyber security
• Europol 15 today
• Hidden cyber crime gang spotted
• DDoS teen charged
• NCCU wants private sector support to beat cybercrime
• Millions are hit by MS' No-IP takedown
• Wearable technology - don't let security be the trade-off for mobility and convenience
• Women in IT security: Carpe Diem
• Securing the Olympics
• CASE STUDY: Women's Security Society
• THREAT OF THE MONTH: Deperimeterisation
• SC Congress London mulls data breach responsibility
• EU Data Protection Regulation: Rocky road to compliance
• Women in IT security: Pushing at an open door?
• How secure is cloud - really?
• Debate: Anti-virus is dead
• Working with third-parties: Make security a priority
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