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Cybersecurity experts agree — expect more ransomware this year
can cost a company about $280,000 per incident. If the cost were not enough, companies need to come to terms with the fact that 64% of …
More Than Half of Users Reuse Passwords
Most security experts agree that passwords are a poor security mechanism. What’s even …
Lessons From the Cold War: Data Security Through Obscurity
During a long-term project in 2016, my team was tasked with reviewing the security features of a popular Soviet-era GPS satellite …
Xenotime, Threat actors Behind Triton Malware broadens its activities
The threat actor behind the Triton malware (aka Trisis, Xenotime, and HatMan) is now targeting organizations worldwide and safety …
Insurance startup leaks sensitive customer health data
A software startup that provides independent insurance brokers with customer management software has exposed highly sensitive information …
6 Open Source SIEM Tools
Helping to protect IT environments from cyber attacks and comply with tightening compliance standards, SIEM systems are becoming the …
GDPR: One rule to rule them all – legally
There is a certain similarity between J. R. …
VPNFilter router malware – what to do? [VIDEO]
Malware of the week is a router nasty known as VPNFilter. In jargon words, VPNFilter is an IoT botnet that has apparently shown up on at …
Why Proof-of-work isn’t suitable for small cryptocurrencies
It seems that proof-of-work (PoW), the consensus protocol behind Bitcoin, isn’t ideal for smaller cryptocurrencies, because they’re …
JASK Applies AI to Security Incident Analysis, Management
SAN JOSE, CA—Imagine a security analysis platform that can comb through the thousands of alerts you’re getting from your intrusion …
GDPR is already a success, whether you like it or not
Even before it comes into effect, Europe’s new GDPR data protection legislation is already having a positive impact. GDPR is a broad set of …
Personal Data of 200M Japanese sold on underground hacking forums
A cybercriminal operating from outside China was found to be selling data of nearly 200 million Japanese users on underground hacking …
VPNFilter botnet has hacked 500,000 routers. Reboot and patch now!
VPNFilter, is believed to be likely to be controlled by a state-sponsored hacking group variously known variously as APT28, Pawn Storm, …
Why Isn’t There a US GDPR?
US GDPR Recently, I was reading an article from The Hartford on how to protect business income. The Hartford recommends something that …
Mixed Reality Meets Its Full Potential
Virtual reality (VR) use cases have expanded — and innovation continues to drive adoption beyond just the video game industry. In fact, …
A Basic Z-Wave Hack Exposes Up To 100 Million Smart Home Devices
So-called “smart” locks and alarms are proliferating across people’s homes, even though hackers have shown various weaknesses in …
Here’s How to Download All the Data Apple Collects About You
Apple is making it easier for its users to download their data the company has collected about them so far. On Wednesday, Apple just …
Phishers Target Facebook to Harvest User Data
Facebook dominated attempts to phish unsuspecting netizens in the first quarter of the year, accounting for 60% of all social network …
VPNFilter malware compromises over 500,000 networking devices around the world
Cisco Talos researchers have flagged a huge botnet of small and home office routers and NAS devices, capable of collecting communications …
Losses from BEC scams rising fast and furious
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a record-high 301,000 complaints of internet-facilitated fraud and other …
Trisis masterminds have hacked U.S. industrial firms, new research claims
A group known for infecting a Saudi petrochemical plant with highly sophisticated industrial control malware has targeted the same type of …
Singapore warns eight cryptocurrency exchanges not to engage in unauthorised trading
Eight unnamed digital token exchanges have been told not to facilitate trading that involved securities or futures contracts without …
UK: We’ll Return Fire Against Deadly State Cyber-Attacks
The UK’s attorney general has clarified the government’s position on state-sponsored cyber-attacks, saying the country will fight back …
London’s Met Police: We won’t use facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival
London cops will not use controversial and inaccurate facial recognition technology at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival – in a departure …
Cisco: Destructive VPNFilter Malware Has Infected 500K Devices
Security experts are warning of a major new destructive malware campaign targeting half a million home routers around the world with a …
Instapaper on pause in Europe to fix GDPR compliance “issue”
Remember Instapaper? The Pinterest-owned, read-it-later bookmarking service is taking a break in Europe — apparently while it works on …
Mexico: Cybercriminals steal at least 400 million pesos through unauthorized transfers
Cybercriminals infiltrated the Mexican financial system for several days at the end of April and stole nearly 400 million Mexican pesos …
Smashing Security #079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and back end gurus
A website which demands money if you want your mugshot removed, could “sharenting” lead to a rise in fraud and identity theft, and how …
Multiple Vulnerabilities in D-Link Routers Allows Hackers Gain Complete Control & Extract Sensitive Data
Set of 4 Vulnerabilities are discovered in D-Link DIR-620 firmware that allows an attacker to exploit with the hardcoded default …
SOC Automation: Good or Evil?
Traditionally, automation has been viewed as an all-or-nothing proposition. But, times …
My Health Record stands up cybersecurity centre to monitor access
By the end of this year, all Australians will have a My Health Record, an online record of medical information, providing they don’t choose …
Security spring cleaning: Tidying up messy firewall rules to reduce complexity
At the core of each firewall is a policy made up of rules designed to enforce what access is permitted. Although there is risk associated …
Password pattern analysis: Risky, lazy passwords the norm
It is difficult for humans to memorize unique passwords for the 150+ accounts the average person has,“ said Dr. …
Pressures impacting security pros are up, threats are turning up the heat
Trustwave released the 2018 Security Pressures Report based on a global survey of 1,600 full-time IT professionals who are security …
It’s time to embrace GDPR
The noise around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been unavoidable, and for good reason. GDPR is coming into effect in a …
Crypto Me0wing attacks: Kitty cashes in on Monero
It’s been a month since the first Drupalgeddon 2.0 RCE (SA-CORE-2018-002/CVE-2018-7600) exploit was first published, unleashing its …