Category: Cyber Security

Two events in May that warrant attention from information security analysts include the court appearance of alleged LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary in the UK and the […]

How can we measure the success of hacktivists? Certainly, achievement of a desired political change is the choice outcome. But seeking a non-zero metric, let’s consider the […]

Hacktivist collective Anonymous recently threatened 22 Japanese websites including prominent government agencies in protest against the annual Taiji dolphin hunt. Though action against these sites has not been observed, […]

The Vulnerability: Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1776 Last Saturday, FireEye Research Labs flagged an Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day being actively exploited in targeted attacks. This Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability, CVE-2014-1776, […]

Researchers from Fidelis Security in February reported a newly identified cyber campaign dubbed STTEAM (PDF) found to be targeting oil and gas companies in the Middle East. The Fidelis team provided in-depth […]

The flourishing synergy between the internet and its beneficiaries, who use it with varying identities, for various intentions and purposes, has had a noticeable impact on […]

Recorded Future recently partnered with our friends at ThreatConnect to provide geopolitical context to their excellent analysis on cyber espionage in the South China Sea. We love this […]

News of an Iranian hacker network targeting US government officials made waves yesterday after being uncovered by iSIGHT Partners. Buried deep in Reuters’ report is a password used by the group: parastoo. Parastoo (پرستو), which is […]

According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Comprehensive Report on Cyber Crime (2013), in 2011, at least 2.3 billion people, the equivalent of […]