Infosecurity News

Cadence in Chaos: Sounds of DDoS in NetFlow Logs
Turning web traffic into sound reveals increases and decreases in traffic levels

DWP to Splash £15m on GDPR as Deadline Approaches
Spending is in line with average FTSE 100 firm

Two-fifths of UK Firms Suffered Attack or Security Breach in 2017
Government stats show training and skills still being ignored

Insider Breach Costs Rise to $8.7m+
ObserveIT study finds incidents take two months to contain

Major Takedown of Site Selling Cyberattacks
Joint effort of international law enforcement dismantles criminal website selling DDoS attacks.

Keep Hackers Locked Out of Hotel Rooms
Researchers at F-Secure discovered hotel room keys can be hacked, allowing nefarious actors entrance into any room in the building.

GDPR Too Close, Half of Global Companies Not Ready
One month away, GDPR has more than half of global institutions frazzled over compliance.

US Child Identity Fraud Victims Lost $2.6bn Last Year
New study claims child ID fraud is rife and incurs far higher costs

Altaba Fined $35m for Yahoo Breach Notification Failings
SEC says internet pioneer failed to notify investors of 2014 breach for two years

Ukrainian Energy Ministry Site Downed in Drupal Ransomware Attack
Experts say Kremlin unlikely to be the source of this limited campaign

Isolated, Air-Gapped Cypto-Wallets Hacked
Researcher compromises air-gapped crypto-wallet and accesses bitcoin private keys.

Improved Security Standards for Electric Grids
FERC approved revised reliability standards for cybersecurity management controls in electric grids.

Facebook Cybersecurity University Graduates US Veterans
Facebook Cybersecurity University for Veterans celebrated its first-ever graduation of US military veterans.

Experts: Switch Off Wi-Fi and Ditch Paperless Voting Machines
State officials urged to follow best practices to secure elections against attack

Security Fears as TSB Customers Able to Access Other Accounts
High street lender appears to have botched an IT upgrade

UK Financial Sector Must Improve Collaboration: Report
KPMG and UK Finance claim industry needs to disrupt black hat business model

Healthcare Targeted by Hacker Group Orangeworm
More than a third of companies compromised by Orangeworm hackers were in healthcare.

Infrastructure of APT Group Crouching Yeti Uncovered
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered the infrastructure used by the Russian-speaking advanced persistent threat group.

Gmail Spam Campaign Annoying, Not a Hack
Security-minded users discover spam message campaign in their sent-message folder.

A Quarter of UK Manufacturers Suffer Cyber-Attack Losses
EFF research finds visibility and awareness still lacking



