Payment giant suffers textbook SQL injection flaw
Security researchers have published a more complete rundown of a recently patched SQL injection flaw on PayPal’s website.…
ICANN under fire as Verisign warns of rushed domain-name expansion
gTLD activation unlikely before August, ICANN confirms
ICANN’s big generic top-level domain (gTLD) rollout, planned for April 23, needs to be delayed because the system isn’t ready, Verisign and others are warning – and ICANN itself has told The Register that the first gTLD domains won’t come online until at least August.…
Call centers under attack in targeted cyber-blackmail scheme
Crooks blasting public-safety phone lines with calls
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has cautioned public-safety call centers against the rise of so-called telephony denial of service (TDoS) attacks, which it says have the potential to cripple local telephone exchanges.…
Online crims are getting away with it down under
Just eight per cent of perps charged, five per cent of attacks come from foreign powers
Law enforcement agencies charged with investigating online crime might actually be sitting at their desks gorging on donuts in Australia, if the nation’s Computer Emergency Response Team’ survey of stakeholders is to be trusted.…
WhatsApp privacy practices under scrutiny
The popular cross-platform mobile instant messenger contravened Canadian and Dutch data and privacy laws over the requirement to upload users’ phone numbers.
Homeland Security chief: Banks ‘under attack’ by hackers
At a Washington, D.C., event today, Janet Napolitano warned that several major American financial institutions are being actively attacked by cyberhackers. But she offered no details.
Europe UNDER ATTACK in simulated cyber security test
This is a drill. No networks will be harmed in this exercise
European banks teamed up with information security agencies and governments to run a DDoS cyber-attack preparedness exercise today.…
Android comes under fire from game developers on piracy
Dead Trigger developers say the recent price drop of their game in the Google Play Store is because of the “piracy rate on Android devices that was unbelievably high.”
Proposed NY ban on anonymous posts comes under fire
Add anti-cyberbullying advocates to the growing list of critics who don’t like proposed New York state legislation that would strip some people of their online anonymity.
House hearing: U.S. now under cyber attack
Congress hears testimony warning of increasing cyber alliance between state and non-state actors targeting U.S. national interests