Ransomware When Ransomware Cripples a City, Who’s to Blame? This I.T. Chief Is Fighting BackThe New York Times
Capital One Even After Capital One’s Breach, Don’t Doubt the Cloud—Cyber SaturdayFortune - Robert Hackett Shortly after news of a data breach at Capital One came out, I received a call from Timothy Eades, chief executive of vArmour, a startup that helps …
Dark Web Windows Users Warned To Update Now As 'Complete Control' Hack Attack ConfirmedForbes - Davey WinderAnother day, another threat for Microsoft Windows users. Earlier this month it was confirmed that a common design flaw within the hardware device drivers from multiple vendors, impacting users of all versions
VPNs Hackers are actively trying to steal passwords from two widely used VPNsArs Technica - Dan Goodin Got Fortigate or Pulse Secure? Now would be a good time to make sure they're patched. Hackers are actively unleashing attacks that attempt to steal …
Analysis: The Texas Ransomware Messdatabreachtoday.com The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the ransomware attack on Texas municipalities as part of a broader trend. In this report, …
Bug Bounty Programs News Wrap: Linux Utility Backdoor, Steam Zero Day Disclosure Dramathreatpost.com - Lindsey O'Donnell Why did Valve-owner Steam say it made a “mistake” turning a researcher away from its bug bounty program? Who was behind a backdoor that was …
WordPress WordPress Plugins Exploited in Ongoing Attack, Researchers Warnthreatpost.com - Lindsey O'Donnell Researchers are warning of an ongoing campaign exploiting vulnerabilities in a slew of WordPress plugins. The campaign is redirecting traffic from …
Lenovo High-Severity Bug Found in Pre-Installed Softwarethreatpost.com - Tom Spring Another flaw has been found in Lenovo’s decommissioned Lenovo Solution Centre software, preinstalled on millions of older-model PCs made by the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo New Tool From Cisco Hunts Flaws in Automotive Computers | SecurityWeek.Comsecurityweek.com Cisco has released a new hardware tool designed to help researchers, developers and automakers discover vulnerabilities in automobile …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Asruex Malware Exploits Old vulnerabilities to Infect PDF, Word Docs | SecurityWeek.Comsecurityweek.com A recently observed variant of the Asruex backdoor acts as an infector by targeting old vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader and …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Kubernetes Patches Recent HTTP/2 Vulnerabilities | SecurityWeek.Comsecurityweek.com Software updates released by Kubernetes this week address HTTP/2 implementation vulnerabilities that were disclosed earlier this month. HTTP/2 is the …
Capital One Capital One Breach: What Security Teams Can Do Nowdarkreading.com Knowing the methods of the attacker, as laid out in the federal indictment, allow us to prevent similar attacks. Oh, the Monday blues. You start the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCybersecurity IBM Announce Quantum Safe Encryptiondarkreading.com Techniques too tough for quantum computing solutions will be part of public cloud and tape storage encryption. IBM researchers have announced …
Business Technology Majority of organisations struggling with cloud securitycomputerweekly.com - Warwick Ashford A study from security firm Tripwire found that 84% of organisations find maintaining security configurations across cloud services “difficult” – out …
Internet of Things IoT security: India faces growing onslaught of cyber-attacksportswigger.net ‘Some of the attackers seem to have access to high levels of funding, innovative tactics, and military-grade malware’
Cybercrime 14 Simple Strategies For Consumers To Avoid CybercrimeForbes - Editors, Forbes Technology CouncilIn the past, many consumers considered that only businesses would be at risk of cybercrime. However, today’s cybercriminals target both businesses and individuals without restraint. Each time you log to
Technology A nasty malware is parading itself as one of our favourite VPNstrustedreviews.com - Hannah Davies Cybercriminals have cloned the website of popular VPN software to trick unsuspecting visitors into downloading a dangerous trojan. Researchers at …
Apps Open-source spyware bypasses Google Play defenses — twiceTNW - Ravie LakshmananGoogle Play Store continues to attract sketchy Android apps despite its best efforts to screen incoming apps for malware. In a new report published by security firm ESET, researchers have discovered the
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCybersecurity Analytics and Security Prove Effective Security Hybrid - Dark Readingdarkreading.com Against the backdrop of consolidation in the SIEM and SOAR sectors, infosec professionals are deploying some combination of analytics and security, …
Cyber-attacks Cyberattacks on Texas cities put other governments on guardUSA TODAY - Kathleen FoodyCHICAGO — Cyberattacks that recently crippled nearly two dozen Texas cities have put other local governments on guard, offering the latest evidence that hackers can halt routine operations by locking computers
Technology Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrencyZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the incident as a potential security breach. Ukrainian authorities are investigating a potential …
Android News The Android 10 Privacy and Security Upgrades You Should Know AboutWIRED - Lily Hay Newman Google has long grappled with data privacy gaffes and internal instability, but through it all the company has consistently improved the security and …
Forced Password Reset? Check Your Assumptions — Krebs on Securitykrebsonsecurity.com Almost weekly now I hear from an indignant reader who suspects a data breach at a Web site they frequent that has just asked the reader to reset …
MyKings Botnet Variant May Have Gone Unnoticed for 2 Years Before Discoverysecurityintelligence.com A variant of the MyKings botnet that may have been hidden for the last two years could prove even more difficult to remove from infected machines, …
Phishing Block newly-registered domains to reduce security threats in your organisationtripwire.com - Graham Cluley Follow @gcluley Aug 22, 2019 IT Security and Data Protection It’s no secret that there are a lot of websites on the internet hosting malicious content whether they be phishing pages, scams or malware …
Security Survey: 84% of Security Pros Said Their Organizations Struggled to Maintain Security Configurations in the Cloudtripwire.com - Ray Lapena Follow @raylapena Aug 22, 2019 Featured Articles Headlines continue to suggest that organizations’ cloud environments make for tantalizing targets for digital attackers. Illustrating this point, the …
ISPs Cloud Security: Mess It Up and It's on Youdatabreachtoday.com Jay Heiser of Gartner Says the Cloud Demands New Security Processes, Tools Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) August 22, 2019 The transition to cloud-based …
Kaspersky Lab For Sale on Cybercrime Markets: Real 'Digital Fingerprints'databreachtoday.com Genesis and Richlogs Markets Sell Victim Data for Faking Out Anti-Fraud Systems Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) August 22, 2019 Two cybercrime …
Building a Mobile Defense: 5 Key Questions to Askthreatpost.com - James Plouffe How often do we hear Willie Sutton’s famous (but probably apocryphal) quote about robbing banks because “that’s where the money is?” This gets …
