Infosecurity News

DDoS Attacks Increase in Size by 500%
Nexusguard's "Q2 2018 Threat Report" finds DDoS attacks quintupled in size to 26Gbps.

#RockYourSOC Responding to the Skills Gap
Industry leaders share their creative approaches to narrowing the skills gap

#RockYourSOC Building a Modern SOC
Panelists at Spotlight18 talk about indicators of success and failure in a modern SOC

#RockYourSOC Spotlight on SOC Evolution
From traditional SOCs to cyber defense centers

Army's Cyber Skills Shortfall Alarms MPs
Public Accounts Committee urges MoD to close gaps

Mobile Fraud Soars 24% Year-on-Year
ThreatMetrix claims to have stopped 150m attempts in 1H 2018

Admins Urged to Patch Four Publicly Disclosed Bugs
Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day vulnerability

Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered in Tor Browser 7.x
Backdoor flaw in NoScript browser extension reportedly easy to reproduce

Most US Orgs Had IT Disruption in Last 12 Months
Report finds room for improvement in disaster recovery plans

Hackers Increase Attacks Using Banking Trojans
August saw a surge in Ramnit banking trojan, says Check Point

Trend Micro Hits Back at Mac App Store Reports
Security giant moves to allay concerns over apps

Russian Extradited to Face JP Morgan Charges
Moscow man is alleged to have helped steal data on over 100m customers

BA Hit by Global Web Skimming Group: Experts
RiskIQ claims notorious Magecart group to blame

Mueller Questions Stone Associates on WikiLeaks
Long time associates of GOP operative, Robert Stone, questioned as part of Mueller probe.

Broker Received Passwords from Westpac Employee
Multiple incidents of misuse of customer and employee data spans six years

Personal Cyber Insurance Added to Homeowner Policy
Saga launches personal cybercrime coverage

#GartnerSec: Embrace Hacker Culture to Battle Cyber-Criminals
Embrace hacker culture, tools and techniques in the battle with cyber-criminals

#GartnerSec: Three Key Questions to Ride Risk Management to Success
The three key questions that can lead security professionals from feeling overwhelmed to success

Apple Removes Top Security Tool for Secretly Stealing Data
Mac App Store app was exfiltrating data to China

US Elections Must Go Back to Paper — Report
Major two-year study claims e-systems are too vulnerable



