Infosecurity News

  1. Consumers Terrified After Hackers Worm into Nests

    Password misuse resulted in hackers gaining control of Nest security cameras.

  2. More Money, More Worries About Cyber Risk

    Financial services executives say concerns about cyber risk will grow over the next two years.

  3. Targeted Attacks Abusing Google Cloud Platform

    A new campaign delivers malware via PDF file decoys, says Netskope.

  4. Sneaky Malvertisers Target Apple Users with Hidden Malware

    VeryMal campaign uses steganography techniques

  5. Scamming the Scammers: How a Security Biz Tricked Social Media Phishers

    UK-based Fidus Information Security was targeted by angler phishing

  6. Cybercrime More Common than Offline Theft

    Latest ONS survey estimates one million annual incidents in England and Wales

  7. HPE Targets Girl Scouts for Next-Gen White Hats

    A new interactive online game teaches cybersecurity skills to Girls Scouts.

  8. UK Public: Drones Are National Security Risk

    Parliament Street report reveals most want mandatory licensing system

  9. Modular “Anatova” Ransomware Resists Analysis

    McAfee says new discovery was created by highly skilled hands

  10. Google Under Investigation for Another Alleged GDPR Breach

    Swedish regulator request more info on Android location data collection

  11. Another Bank Found in Elasticsearch Database Leaks

    Bancolombia is among the trove of financial and banking institutions with leaky Elasticsearch databases.

  12. Phishing Surpasses Ransomware Attacks in 2018

    Last year saw both an increased awareness of and a decrease in the number of ransomware attacks

  13. Emotet Trojan Targets Education, Gov and Healthcare

    Consumer threats declined in 2018, while malware threats to businesses increased by 79%.

  14. 2018: The Year of Next-Generation Attacks

    Nearly 60% of attacks now involve lateral movement, says Carbon Black.

  15. Hacker Demos Jailbreak of iOS on iPhone X

    A Qihoo360 researcher reveals the PoC of a bug used to jailbreak latest version of the iOS system.

  16. US Confirms Huawei CFO Extradition Plans

    DoJ will meet deadline to request Meng Wanzhou’s transfer from Canada

  17. Security Boffins Block 100K Malicious Sites in 10 Months

    Non-profit URLhaus project claims there’s still a long way to go

  18. DHS Emergency Directive Looks to Block Iranian DNS Threat

    Agencies told to act within 10 days

  19. Servers Grab Client Files via MySQL Design Flaw

    Design flaw makes MySQL server able to request any local file.

  20. Two Elasticsearch Databases Found Unprotected

    Millions of records were left unprotected in a AIESEC database and a variety of online casinos.

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