Infosecurity News

  1. ICO Slaps Enforcement Notice on Justice Ministry

    Another government department falls foul of the Data Protection Act

  2. Printer-spoofing Campaign Installs Espionage-Bent Backdoors Inside the Enterprise

    There has been an uptick in attacks through Canon, HP and Epson printer and scanner email attachments.

  3. VenusLocker Switches Tactics from Ransomware to Monero Mining

    This switch in focus could be the start of a new trend, thanks to cryptocurrency values being more enticing than ever.

  4. Experts Rail Against Internet Password 'Organizers'

    Consumers urged to use online password managers and MFA instead

  5. Nissan Canada Data Breach: 1.1 Million Customers Notified

    Carmaker’s finance arm is hit by unauthorized access

  6. Singapore Airlines Warns of New Phishing/Vishing Campaign

    Fraudsters are even spoofing the airline's phone numbers

  7. North Korea Begins PoS Attacks with New Malware

    This is the first publicly documented instance of a nation-state targeting a POS-related framework for the theft of credit-card data.

  8. SWIFT Hackers Hit Russian State Bank

    Hackers tried to steal 55 million rubles from Globex.

  9. Twitter Expands 2FA Options to Third-Party Authenticator Apps

    Twitter fans can now use Google Authenticator, Duo Mobile, Authy, 1Password and others instead of SMS.

  10. Trend Micro: Beware of Travel Scammers Offering Huge Discounts

    Black market trade in cheap deals is soaring

  11. Cron-Linked Malware Impersonates 2,200 Banking Apps

    Trojan is out to harvest your financial credentials

  12. Browser-based Crypto-Mining Rises from the Dead

    The last quarter of 2017 has seen an enormous spike in mining thanks to the launch of Coinhive.

  13. Every Single American Household Exposed in Massive Leak

    Yet another Amazon S3 cloud storage misconfiguration has affected 123 million Americans, across billions of data points.

  14. New Monero Mining Campaign Uses NSA Exploits

    Hackers are still probing Apache Strust flaw which led to Equifax breach

  15. Gemalto Says “Oui” to $5.7bn Thales Deal

    Dutch biz sells to French defence contractor days after rejecting Atos

  16. Hack the Air Force 2.0 Bug Bounty Kicks Off with $10K Payout

    A vulnerability allowed the hackers to pivot onto the US Department of Defense’s unclassified network.

  17. Survey Shows Many Americans Are Cyber-Illiterate

    Despite being aware of breaches like Equifax, 43% have not changed their online habits, and most think they haven't been impacted.

  18. Aussie Multi-Millionaire Hit by BEC Scam

    Alleged perp says he himself is a victim of fraud

  19. North Korea Attacks London Cryptocurrency Firm

    The Lazarus Group has been targeting Bitcoin industry insiders to steal their credentials.

  20. Perceived Data Value Varies Wildly Across Industries, Countries

    Shareholder data is most highly valued by IT professionals at more than $1,700 per record.

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