A new variant of Trickbot banking Trojan targets Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint users
A new Trickbot Trojan variant is targeting Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint users, confirming the evolution of the threat. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October […]
NK is the new Iraq?
By Rodrigo Ruiz Referring to the television series Orange is the new black, I can not but consider it very convenient to blame the North Koreans for the worldwide incident […]
State Cyber security Regulation: Another Patchwork Approach?
By Jami Mills Vibbert with Venable LLP Until recently, state oversight of cybersecurity has been relatively limited. Indeed, although 48 of 50 states have laws related to data breach notification, […]
Trump’s Cyber security Executive Order: A Promising Start to Securing Digital Infrastructure…But Don’t Forget What’s Beyond the Firewall
By Lou Manousos, CEO, RiskIQ After some high-profile cyberattacks and information breaches, the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. government has never been more front and center in the public consciousness. […]
French Police remotely disinfected 850,000 PCs from RETADUP bot
The French police force, National Gendarmerie, announced to have neutralized the Retadup malware on over 850,000 computers taking over its C2 server. The French police force, National Gendarmerie, announced the successful […]
Lazarus: Data Leakage With Cryptographic System
By Rodrigo Ruiz & Rogério Winter You have most probably already received the recommendation or even the imposition of keeping a “strong password” in your applications. A strong password is […]
5 ways small businesses can be affected by a cyber security breach
By Asher de Metz A large-scale cybersecurity breach is hugely damaging for any organization, and with hackers becoming increasingly sophisticated, the chances of getting caught out are constantly growing. No […]
How context-aware security adds layers of protection to single sign-on services
By François Amigorena, CEO, IS Decisions Single sign-on, to the user, is a godsend. No more wasting time putting in passwords to individual sites or applications, no more trying to […]
Reducing the attack surface: how to empower your staff while keeping your network secure
By Pascal Bergeot is CEO of Goverlan Goverlan’s Pascal Bergeot considers what the recent Google Document hit means for remote workers and advises what companies need to do to reduce […]
The intelligent control systems and their perspectives
By Milica D. Djekic The current industry would deal with many intelligent and even smart mechatronics solutions. Also, those sorts of solutions would be used as part of smart homes, […]
Part III: Current and Future IoT Threats
The relationship between IoT and Wi-Fi By Ryan Orsi, Director Product Management, WatchGuard Technologies In parts one and two of this series, I covered the importance of understanding the anatomy […]
Mastercard data breach affected Priceless Specials loyalty program
Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation notified the data breach to the German and Belgian Data […]
Flaw in New Facebook Design Allowed Removal of Profile Photos
A security vulnerability in the Facebook design (FB5) could have allowed attackers to remove any photo from profiles of the users. The security expert Philippe Harewood is one of the security […]
Vulnerability research hub Crowdfense is willing to pay $3 Million for iOS, Android zero-day exploits
World-leading vulnerability research hub Crowdfense is offering up to $3 million for full-chain, zero-day exploits for iOS and Android. Vulnerability research firm Crowdfense is offering up to $3 million for […]
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 […]
Twitter uncovered a possible nation-state attack
Twitter discovered a possible nation-state attack while it was investigating an information disclosure flaw affecting its platform. Experts at Twitter discovered a possible state-sponsored attack while they were investigating an information disclosure […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hackers target Drupal servers chaining several flaws, including Drupalgeddon2 and DirtyCOW
Hackers targeted Drupal web servers chaining some known vulnerabilities, including Drupalgeddon2 and DirtyCOW issues. Security experts at Imperva reported an attack against Drupal Web servers running on Linux-based systems. Hackers exploited the Drupalgeddon2 flaw […]
How to Improve Security and Efficiency for Your File Transfers
Security continues to be top of mind for those in the business of keeping their company’s data out of the wrong hands. To learn where organizations are in their security […]
Instagram glitch exposed some user passwords
Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user’s passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some of its users that it might have accidentally exposed their […]
USB drives are primary vector for destructive threats to industrial facilities
USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage […]
Cyber attack exposes sensitive data about a nuclear power plant in France
A cyber attack on a French firm Ingerop allowed attackers to access confidential documents related to nuclear power plant plans in France. The hacker stole more than 65 gigabytes of […]
Bitcoin Core Team fixes a critical DDoS flaw in wallet software
Bitcoin Core Software fixed a critical DDoS attack vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core wallet software tracked as CVE-2018-17144. The Bitcoin Core team urges miners to update client software with the […]
MUGHTHESEC, a signed Mac adware that hijacks the victim’s browser for profit
Experts spotted a new signed Mac adware dubbed MUGHTHESEC that hijacks victim’s browser for profit and can be removed only reinstalling the OS. According to the expert Patrick Wardle, Director […]
Kenya opposition claims election results manipulated in cyber attack
Kenya opposition claims hackers have manipulated the results of the recent election by breaking into the database of Kenya’s electoral commission. According to Kenya opposition, led by Raila Odinga, hackers have manipulated the […]
Creator of the Ebury botnet sentenced to 46 months in jail
US authorities sentenced a Russian man to 46 months in prison and accused him of operating an Ebury botnet composed of tens of thousands of servers. US authorities sentenced a Russian man to 46 […]
Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid targeted by a nation-state actor
The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was targeted by a state-sponsored actor, the hackers weren’t discovered at least for two months. The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was […]
WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to malware claims
Yesterday the judge approved to release the researcher Marcus Hutchins on bail for a bond of $30,000 under certain conditions. Marcus Hutchins, also known as MalwareTech, is the 22-year-old security expert […]
UK malware researcher Marcus Hutchins accused of creating Kronos Trojan
The British security researcher Marcus Hutchins was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after being indicted on charges of creating the Kronos banking malware. The news of the Marcus Hutchins‘s […]