Infosecurity News
Nation-State Attacks Grow in Prevalence
The propagation of advanced exploits has blurred the lines between statecraft and tradecraft.
PhishMe Announces Acquisition and Rebrand as Cofense
A consortium of private equity firms has announced the acquisition of PhishMe, which has been rebranded as Cofense
US Spies: Russia Hacked Pyeongchang 2018
Intelligence suggests Kremlin spies tried to frame North Korea
Mobile Malware Infections Hit 16 Million in Q3
McAfee warns of trouble ahead in 2018
Interpol Tests Global Cops with IoT Simulation
Some investigators still lack digital skills
US Federal Contractors Lag in Cyber Best Practices
BitSight says contractors aren't following best practices.
CISOs See Incidents Growing and Preparedness Waning
A full 66% of CISOs believe their organization will experience a data breach or cybersecurity exploit that will seriously diminish shareholder value.
DDoS Costs Skyrocket for SMBs and Enterprises Alike
Kaspersky found that enterprises are spending an average of $2.3 million per incident on remediation.
Half of UK Firms Hit by Cyber-Related Fraud in Past Two Years
PwC claims UK is major global target for foreign attackers
US Government in Epic Border Security Fail
Officers unable to verify smart chip on e-Passports for over a decade
F-Secure: Email Still the Weakest Link
Phishing and malicious attachments are biggest threat vector
Malvertising Wanes in Q4
Despite another increase in year-over-year malvertising detections, research shows the numbers are trending down.
OMG! Mirai Variant Creates Proxy Servers
It also keeps Mirai’s original modules, including the attack, killer and scanner modules.
Widespread Whaling Campaign Looks to Hook Fortune 500 Firms
Criminals, likely of Nigerian origin, are behind the widespread credential harvesting, phishing and social engineering initiative.
Cybersecurity Skills Gap Soars as Brexit Bites
Capgemini claims 25 percentage point gap between supply and demand
McAfee: Global Cybercrime Costs Hit $600bn
Latest research estimates three billion credentials have been compromised
Government Ramps Up ICO Fees for Large Organizations
Potential £2000+ rise in annual costs as GDPR lands
Allentown Struggles with $1 Million Cyber-Attack
The city’s critical systems have been hit by the malware known as Emotet, impacting both financial and public safety operations.
Bad Actors Increase Focus on Cloud Services, Encryption
There was a threefold increase in encrypted communication used by malware in last 12 months.
Risk and Compliance Management Moves Towards Collaboration
A survey shows a greater need for collaboration on defense, monitoring and recovery across IT, security and compliance functions.
