Linux Trojan targets Drupal, WordPress for DDoS and ransoms
A newly found piece of malware targeting web servers running on Linux machines is scanning popular content management systems (CMS) for vulnerabilities to expand a botnet.
A newly found piece of malware targeting web servers running on Linux machines is scanning popular content management systems (CMS) for vulnerabilities to expand a botnet.
While the security weaknesses found in HealthCare.gov by a U.S. government watchdog need to be addressed, they are not unusual for sites as complex as the federal insurance exchange, experts say.
Antone Gonsalves | 18 Sep | Read more
Despite a spate of high-profile security attacks, the number of new security vulnerabilities is expected to decline this year for the first time since 2011, according to the latest figures from IBM's X-Force managed security team.
David Braue | 03 Sep | Read more
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport had its Twitter account ‘hacked' on Saturday, with rogue tweets targeting secretary of state Maria Miller.
Matthew Finnegan | 08 Apr | Read more
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined the British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS) £200,000 for data protection failings that led to its website being hacked and personal information on thousands of people exposed.
Anh Nguyen | 08 Mar | Read more
Software vendors have improved their response to security flaws in the last 12 months but some still take too long to patch the highest-risk vulnerabilities, figures from Swiss testing firm High-Tech Bridge have suggested.
John E Dunn | 04 Feb | Read more
Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review of publicly available information has found.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 Oct | Read more
The central system built to support Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges has successfully completed security testing and is set begin operating on October 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 Sep | Read more
Brute force attacks aimed at snaring login credentials are on the upswing
John P. Mello Jr. | 08 Aug | Read more