Infosecurity News
Iranian National Indicted for $6m HBO Extortion Plot
Behzad Mesri is former Iranian military operative
Troldesh Nabs Top Ransomware Spot
Bitdefender found that during 2017 alone, the number of new major ransomware families surpassed 160.
Top Sites Expose Visitors to Breaches by Tracking Keystrokes
Princeton researchers find privacy and security concerns in use of session replay scripts
Uber Shock: Firm Hid Breach of 57 Million Users
Ride-hailing service under fire after paying hackers $100K to delete stolen data
DMARC Implementation Lags as Email Fraud Surges
Yet just 0.5% of the top million domains have protected themselves from impersonation by DMARC email authentication.
Cyber-criminals' Industry Targets Shift in Q3
The quarter saw a rise in attacks against accounting, biopharma, retail, biotech and pharmaceuticals.
BankBot Android Trojan Re-emerges Globally
A new version of the BankBot Android mobile banking malware has snuck into Google Play, targeting apps of large banks.
Crypto-Currency Firm Tether Loses $30m to Hackers
Cyber-attack is another blow for digital currencies
Chinese CA StartCom Set to Close Down
Controversial certificate authority and parent company WoSign not trusted by browser makers
Insider Data Theft Court Cases Climb 25%
Businesses are urged to better protect key systems
Nevada Tops the List of Worst States for Cyberbullying
California, Florida, Illinois and New York are also in the top 10.
DDoS Attacks Nearly Double Since January
In Q3, organizations experienced an average of 237 DDoS attack attempts per month, equivalent to eight attempts every day.
Mayor Urged to Halt “Intrusive” Met Facial Recognition Trials
London police profiling public without appropriate legal framework
US Army Exposes Terabytes of Surveillance Data
S3 buckets contain billions of citizens' internet records
Fake Black Friday Apps Set to Cause Consumer Chaos
RiskIQ warns that one in 25 are malicious
UK Faces Most Fraudulent Christmas Ever, Barclays Warns
Banking giant estimates festive fraud will cost victims £1.63bn
Cash Converters Hit by Suspected Data Breach
Pawnbroker reportedly received email threat from hacker
Zeus Spawn 'Terdot' is a Banking Trojan with a Twist
It has man-in-the-middle (MITM) abilities to steal browsing information such as login credentials and stored credit-card information.
Sneaky Multi-Stage Android Malware Spreads Banking Trojans in Google Play
The apps don't request any suspicious permissions and they even mimic expected legitimate activity.
Forever 21 Confirms Data Breach
A number of stores did not receive an encryption upgrade to their point of sale devices.
