Black market ‘Darkode’ bust leads to arrests in 20 countries
According to the FBI, the crackdown led to U.S. indictments against 12 individuals, including Darkode’s alleged administrator.
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Iran deal prompts concerns over country’s growing cyber program
A diplomatic agreement that restricts Iran’s nuclear program, may indirectly shift its focus towards cyber warfare efforts.
Microsoft releases 14 bulletins on Patch Tuesday, ends Windows Server 2003 support
This month, Microsoft released four critical patches and 10 bulletins ranked “important.”
iPhones, jailbroken and not, vulnerable to Hacking Team spyware, firm finds
Despite reports that iOS devices must be jailbroken before compromise, researchers found other ways to install the spyware.
APT28 uses leaked Hacking Team exploits in custom EK
According to ESET researchers, APT28 started using the Flash exploit on Wednesday, the same day Adobe released a patch for the issue.
Operation Ghost Click leader pleads guilty
In a New York federal court, Vladimir Tsastsin admitted his role in the years-long click-fraud operation.
Threat intelligence survey: 43 percent only share info internally
Many information security pros said threats discovered were shared strictly within the organization, but 81 percent wanted more public-to-private sector sharing.
OpenSSL patches high severity bug allowing certificate forgery
As promised earlier this week, the patch addresses a high severity bug impacting several OpenSSL versions.
Spy gang that compromised U.S. tech giants still active years later
The group, Morpho, continues its corporate espionage activities, and has been linked to the 2013 attacks on Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.
Revenge porn hacker pleads guilty to felony charges
Charles Evens, 26, who hacked into victims’ Gmail accounts to obtain nude photos for a revenge porn website, pleaded guilty last week.
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