Monthly Archives: December 2018

Hackers target financial firms hosting malicious payloads on Google Cloud Storage

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. The campaign targeted organizations in the US and the […]

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Hackers launched phishing attacks aimed at bypassing Gmail, Yahoo 2FA at scale

Amnesty International warns of threat actors that are launching phishing attacks aimed at bypassing Gmail, Yahoo 2FA at scale Amnesty International published a report that details how threat actors are […]

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Researcher disclosed a Windows zero-day for the third time in a few months

Security researcher SandboxEscaper released a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability. Hacker Discloses New Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Exploit On Twitter The security researcher SandboxEscaper is back […]

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Special Report: Cybersecurity predictions for SMBs in 2019

Sean McGrath, privacy expert and cybersecurity advocate at BestVPN.com The cybersecurity breaches that make the headlines tend to focus on household names – the likes of Uber, Equifax, HBO, Facebook […]

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Russia-linked Sofacy APT developed a new ‘Go’ variant of Zebrocy tool

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks discovered that the Russian-linked Sofacy APT has written a new version of their Zebrocy backdoor using the Go programming language. The Sofacy APT group has been […]

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Germany’ BSI chief says ‘No Evidence’ of Huawei spying

The head of Germany’s BSI admitted that since now there is no proof espionage activity conducted through Huawei technology. US first, and many other countries after, have decided to ban […]

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Twitter fixed a bug that could have exposed Direct Messages to third-party apps

Researcher Terence Eden discovered that the permissions dialog when authorizing certain apps to Twitter could expose direct messages to the third-party. The flaw is triggered when apps that require a PIN to […]

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Cyber attack hit the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem

Some of the servers of the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem were hit by a cyber attack early this week. Saipem has customers in more than 60 countries, including […]

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RSA® CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES INITIAL 2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Information on additional speakers and session content coming in the new year BEDFORD, MA – Dec. 12, 2018 – RSA Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today […]

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News Alert: December Patch Tuesday

Updates for Windows, Office, .Net Framework, Adobe, Firefox and More by Chris Goettl, Director of Product Management, Security, Ivanti If you saw the Patch Tuesday forecast for December, the reality […]

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WordPress botnet composed of +20k installs targets other sites

Experts from security firm Wordfence discovered a Botnet of 20,000 WordPress Sites Infecting other WordPress installs. Experts from security firm Wordfence uncovered a botnet composed of over 20,000 WordPress sites […]

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Risk Management of Third-Party Vendors: The Devil is in the Details

Third-party vendors are critical assets to business practices. However, without the proper risk assessment policies in place, they can also represent some of the largest potential threats to an organization’s […]

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Evidence in Marriott’s subsidiary Starwood hack points out to China intel

According to a report published by the Reuters, the massive Marriott data breach was carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. According to the Reuters, people investigating the Marriot data breach believe that it […]

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Email accounts of top NRCC officials were hacked in 2018

Threat actors had access to the email accounts of at least four NRCC aides and spied on thousands of sent and received emails for several months. The email system at […]

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Bug Bounty Hackers Bill Introduced into the US Senate

A bipartisan pair of US Senators introduced a bill that would require the US Department of Homeland Security to create an ongoing program to allow security experts to report bugs […]

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Ever-Growing Need for Privacy Results in a Boom for Multi-Party Computing Adoption

by Nigel Smart Cryptography is the technology one turns to if you want to keep data private; a concern which is becoming more important in today’s digital world. Legislators are […]

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New strain of Ransomware infected over 100,000 PCs in China

Security experts reported a new strain of malware spreading in China, the malicious code rapidly infected over 100,000 PCs in just four days. Unfortunately, the number of infections is rapidly […]

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Quora data breach: hackers obtained information on roughly 100 million users

Another day another illustrious victim of the data breach, the popular question-and-answer website Quora suffered a major data breach that exposed 100 million users. On Monday, the popular question-and-answer website Quora […]

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Six Essential Questions about “ePrivacy”

by Alex van der Wolk, Privacy + Data Security Group Global Co-Chair, Morrison & Foerster In the realm of privacy and personal data, 2018, thus far, has been all about […]

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A CISOs ‘Playbook’: Practice How You Fight

by David ‘Moose’ Wolpoff, CTO and co-founder, Randori Despite CISOs and organizations making huge investments in security – with more tools and solutions on the market than ever before – […]

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Moscow’s New Cable Car closed due to a ransomware infection

Two days after Moscow opened a new cable car system hackers infected its computer systems with ransomware. The cable car system is long over 700 meters and spans across the Moscow […]

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New PowerShell-based Backdoor points to MuddyWater

Security researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered PowerShell-based backdoor that resembles a malware used by MuddyWater threat actor. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a Powershell-based backdoor that is very similar […]

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