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Towerwall Application Security Alert Vol 13.73 Hackers have amassed a vast collection of stolen data, including 1.2 billion unique username/password pairs, by compromising over 420,000 websites using SQL injection techniques. Researchers monitored the gang for over seven months, thought to be "fewer than a dozen men in their 20s who know one another personally" based in a small city in central Russia. They found that the group, working together since at least 2011, had rented time on false

1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew - what you need to do Hackers have amassed a vast collection of stolen data, including 1.2 billion unique username/password pairs, by compromising over 420,000 websites using SQL injection techniques. Researchers monitored the gang for over seven months, thought to be "fewer than a dozen men in their 20s who know one another personally" based in a small city in central Russia. They found that the group, working together since at least 2011,false

When the healthcare.gov website was launched on Oct. 1 it didn't take long for technical issues to hit the headlines. Americans trying to register for health care found the website unusable. There were glitches, extremely long loading times, and serious errors, but most worrying of all for anyone entrusting sensitive data to the system was the lack of security testing. Three white hat hackers, charged with exposing flaws in the security of online systems told a Congress hearing that thefalse

I am excited to announce the launch of our quarterly newsletter, the Data Security Review.

10. Malware Is On The Rise The threat of malware on mobile platforms is growing steadily as more cybercriminals target mobile devices in increasingly sophisticated ways.

Remember last week, Facebook leaked email addresses and phone numbers for 6 million users, but that it was really kind of a modest leak, given that it's a billion-user service? OK, scratch the "modest" part. The researchers who originally found out that Facebook is actually creating secret dossiers for users are now saying the numbers don't quite match up. The number of affected users Facebook noted in a posting on its security blog is far less than what they themselves found, and Facebook isfalse

Many companies have embraced the BYOD trend. They may even have developed applications that enable employees to have 24/7 access to business data and tools. The benefits can be counted in productivity boosts and flexibility, but there is a real and present danger that is being ignored all too often. How many of these enterprise apps have undergone security penetration testing? Could the mobile apps your business uses be jeopardising your data security or even regulatory compliance?

After the last zero day exploit on Java we reported some weeks ago it appears that a new 0day has been found in Internet Explorer by the same authors that created the Java one. Yesterday, Eric Romang reported the findings of a new exploit code on the same server that the Java 0day was found some weeks ago. The new vulnerability appears to affect Internet Explorer 7 and 8 and seems to be exploitable at least on Windows XP. The exploit code found in the server works as follow: - The filefalse

Web applications – particularly those facilitating collaboration and communication – are a boon to sales, marketing and productivity. Teams work together more effectively, salespeople enjoy better leads and marketing tools and customer service reps can more closely connect with those they serve. All of these gains, though, come at a cost: risk. By their very nature, Web applications circumvent many enterprise security controls. They are designed to enable communication, not security. A paper byfalse