The Risks (and Prevention) of Crime-as-a-Service in Healthcare
By Kurt Long, Founder, and CEO, FairWarning The recent study from the Brookings Institution detailing that 25 percent of hacking attempts will focus on healthcare data should serve as a…
WannaCry ‘Remedies’: The Second Wave of Attacks
By Fernando Cuervo, Detect Monitoring Service Leader, Easy Solutions Since May 12th, over 200,000 victims in 150 countries have been hit by a massive, international ransomware cyber attack called WannaCry….
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…
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…
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…