BreachMalware on Backcountry Gear website, payment cards compromisedAdam GreenbergJuly 31, 2014Malware was installed on the Backcountry Gear website for roughly three months, during which payment cards may have been compromised.
Incident ResponseLatest Citadel trick allows RDP access after malware’s removalDanielle WalkerJuly 31, 2014Trusteer, an IBM company, said the new Citadel configuration was detected this month.
MalwareCryptoblocker variant emerges, encryption differs from CryptoLockerTeri RobinsonJuly 31, 2014Trend Micro has detected a variant of CryptoLocker in the wild that relies on the advanced encryption standard.
BreachNearly 600 U.S. businesses compromised by ‘Backoff’ POS malwareAdam GreenbergJuly 31, 2014Attackers are brute-forcing remote desktop software to infect point-of-sale devices with relatively new malware known as Backoff.
Incident ResponseNeverquest trojan targets regional banks in JapanDanielle WalkerJuly 29, 2014Symantec researchers found a new variant of the banking trojan.
BreachIG scolds NOAA on security deficiencies, recommends fixesTeri RobinsonJuly 29, 2014An audit of NOAA by the inspector general found security shortcomings, including the link between information systems and satellite systems.
Security ArchitectureVulnerability impacting multiple versions of Android could enable device takeoverAdam GreenbergJuly 29, 2014Researchers with Bluebox, who uncovered the vulnerability, dubbed it "Fake ID" because it enables the identity of trusted applications to be copied.
Incident ResponseFirefox 32 feature could cut undetected malware downloads ‘in half’Adam GreenbergJuly 28, 2014Mozilla plans to introduce a feature in Firefox 32 that, based on preliminary testing, could cut the amount of undetected malware downloads in half.
