Infosecurity News
Trend Micro: Beware of Travel Scammers Offering Huge Discounts
Black market trade in cheap deals is soaring
Cron-Linked Malware Impersonates 2,200 Banking Apps
Trojan is out to harvest your financial credentials
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.
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.
New Monero Mining Campaign Uses NSA Exploits
Hackers are still probing Apache Strust flaw which led to Equifax breach
Gemalto Says “Oui” to $5.7bn Thales Deal
Dutch biz sells to French defence contractor days after rejecting Atos
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.
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.
Aussie Multi-Millionaire Hit by BEC Scam
Alleged perp says he himself is a victim of fraud
North Korea Attacks London Cryptocurrency Firm
The Lazarus Group has been targeting Bitcoin industry insiders to steal their credentials.
Perceived Data Value Varies Wildly Across Industries, Countries
Shareholder data is most highly valued by IT professionals at more than $1,700 per record.
Barclays Bank Insider Sentenced for Role in Dridex Plot
Londoner gets over six years in jail
NatWest Left Red-Faced After HTTPS Gaffe
Troy Hunt spotted that the UK bank had not secured its homepage
360K New Malware Samples Hit the Scene Every Day
Ransomware and a spike in cryptocurrency miners are two reasons for the growth.
Half of Firms Fail to Fully Disclose Breaches — Report
CyberArk report uncovers litany of poor security practices
Tenable in Trouble After Spamming Customers
Security vendor also removed popular features from new product
Researchers: 1% of All Websites May Have Been Breached
UC San Diego team urges netizens to use password manager
UK Parents, Beware Private-School Fee Scams
The scam typically begins with parents receiving an email giving them payment details for the school fees, perhaps saying these have changed.
Spider Spins a Ransomware Web
Victims are given four days to pay—an unusually generous payment window for ransomware.
Just One-Third of Execs Have Heard of WannaCry — Report
CA Veracode claims execs are funding app splurge but ignoring security
