Infosecurity News

Over 19 Million Californian Voter Records Held for Ransom Again
Newspaper’s error means firewall was down for two weeks

Air Gaps, Faraday Cages Can't Deter Hackers After All
One method exploits the magnetic field generated by a computer's CPU.

Litecoin Emerges as Most Popular Dark Web Currency, After Bitcoin
Surprisingly, it's not Dash.

81% of Cybersecurity Pros See Value in Threat Intelligence
68% of organizations are currently creating or consuming threat data.

Fraud Attempts Soar 113% in Q4
Bots and breached credentials continue to fuel insatiable rise

Global Arrests as $530m Carding Forum Folds
Infraud Organization inflicted $2.2bn in intended losses

Swisscom Breach Hits 10% of Swiss Population
Telecoms firm says intruders got in via sales partner's access rights

Uber CISO: "No Justification" for Failure to Disclose Massive Breach
“It was wrong not to disclose the breach earlier,” said John Flynn, speaking at a hearing on Capitol Hill.

42% of the Web's Top Sites Are Compromised
Sites are running vulnerable software, have been breached or have been used to distribute malware.

ShurL0ckr Ransomware Evades Malware Detection in Google Drive, O365
Further analysis showed that a full 44% of scanned organizations had some form of malware in at least one of their cloud applications.

Suspected ATM Jackpotting Fraudsters Arrested
Two men arrested outside cash-point dispensing $20 notes

Business Wire Suffers Week-Long DDoS Attack
Press release site under sustained pressure

Adobe Issues Emergency Fix to Foil North Korean Hackers
Priority 1 bulletin fixes zero-day flaw

2017: Worst Year Ever for Data Loss and Breaches
The number of records compromised also surpassed all other years, with over 7.8 billion records exposed, a 24.2% increase over 2016’s previous high of 6.3 billion.

Organizations Spend a Whopping $16M per Year on Detection Tools
Upfront costs are dwarfed by the human costs of managing and assessing the millions of alerts and false-positives these tools generate.

Flaw in TLS/SSL Certificates Allows Covert Data Transfer
A proof of concept simulates a threat actor transferring the Mimikatz malware over TLS negotiation traffic.

NHS Trusts Have All Failed Cyber Essentials - Report
Best practice security still eluding UK healthcare

Alleged US Government Hacker Love Wins Extradition Case
High Court judges say he should face trial in the UK

Hiscox: Global Firms Still Struggling to Get Cyber-Ready
Larger firms that spend more are in the lead

Emily Biggs Crowned Security Champion of the Year at Women in IT Awards
Infosecurity Magazine talks to Emily Biggs, winner of the Security Champion of the Year award



