Infosecurity News
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
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.
