Infosecurity News
Half a Century of Flaws to Fix This Patch Tuesday
RCE and privilege elevation vulnerabilities abound
Financial Services Sector Breaches Triple in Five Years
Accenture report claims cybercrime costs are higher than any other sector
Telegram Zero-Day Exploited by Crypto-Miners
Kaspersky Lab claims Russian hackers also used it to install backdoor
Employee Training Tops List of Financial CISO Priorities
Infrastructure upgrades and network defense were prioritized by just 25% of CISOs.
Equifax Brings on Home Depot CISO in Wake of Massive Breach
Farshchi is perhaps best known for being the person who took up the reins as CISO at The Home Depot after its breach.
CISOs Fear Web Threats the Most
Meanwhile, 67% of respondents claimed they don't have sufficient staff to handle the daily barrage of cyber-alerts they receive.
BEC Attacks Jumped 17% Last Year
Wire transfer fraud dominates as scammers widen the net
Euro SMBs Paid Out $98m for Ransomware Decryption Last Year
Small businesses also experienced serious downtime, according to Datto
Crypto-Wars: Bitgrail Hits Back at Dev Team After $170m 'Theft'
Crypto-exchange founder now claims Nano developers defamed him
Necurs Fuels Massive Valentine's Day Spam Campaign
The campaign delivers short email blurbs supposedly from Russian women living in the US.
MSSPs Waste Hours of Time on False Alerts
A full 44% of respondents report a 50% or higher false-positive rate on security alerts.
Lazarus Rises Again with Aggressive Bitcoin-Stealing Campaign
The campaign uses implants that have never before been seen and indicate a newly sophisticated level of attack.
IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers
Big Blue also warns of new Notes vulnerability
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites
ICO, NHS, US Courts and many other government sites hit
Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours
Russia suspected of pre-ceremony cyber-attack
Server-Side Exploits Take the Lead for Financially Motivated Hackers
At the same time, the number of known vulnerabilities doubled in 2017.
Niche Cryptocurrency Dentacoin Expands Focus and Gains Momentum
Dentacoin is coming to North America for the first time.
Roku-Based Smart TVs Open to Remote Takeover
Hackers can pump the volume to blaring levels, cycle through channels, open disturbing YouTube content or kick the TV off Wi-Fi.
RSA Security: Consumers Falsify Data to Safeguard PII
Majority would also boycott firms with poor track record on data security
Apple Calms Nerves After GitHub Code Leak
Smartphone giant says there’s nothing to worry about from iBoot leak
