Infosecurity News

Police Bust Multi-Million Dollar Indian Vishing Ring
Call center staff duped US consumers by impersonating IRS

Two-thirds of IT Bosses Fear Ransomware Attack
Trend Micro report claims many are failing on best practice security

ICO Slaps TalkTalk with £400K Fine After Breach
Privacy watchdog gets tough after basic security failings exposed user data

Spotify Free is Serving Up Malware
An apparent malvertising attack is pushing malware-laden pop-ups for unsuspecting users of the free desktop app.

#IPEXPO: Prof Nick Bostrom on Controlling 'Super Intelligent' AI
Professor Nick Bostrom explores whether it's possible for AI to become super intelligent and still be under our control

Report Claims Yahoo Secretly Searched Emails for US Government
Provider allegedly built custom program to find incoming data in real-time

Mastercard Accelerates Death of Passwords with Selfie Pay Roll-Out
Card giant’s Identity Check Mobile tech should make secure authentication easier

Brand-New Delphi Trojan Exfiltrates Vast Amounts of Info
It searches and extracts cookies and authentication credentials, and scavenges info saved by Point of Sale (PoS) systems.

Microsoft Unveils Security Policy Doc for Lawmakers
Redmond seeks to influence governments for ‘the good of the cloud’

SANS Institute in IoT Botnet Warning
Honeypot set-up sees DVR successfully attacked several times an hour

Real-Time Phishing Emerges in Brazil
This tactic is designed to extract critical data from its victims in real time via a live, interactive phishing attack.

Researchers Crack MarsJoke Crypto to Defang Ransomware
Kaspersky has made a free decryptor available.

Donald Trump Vows 'Crippling Counter-Cyberattacks'
Citing Russia as a major concern, the tack is a direction change from what he said during the debate against Clinton.

IoT DDoS Attack Warning as Mirai Malware Leaked
Malware helped attackers launch massive campaign against Krebs

ICO: Firms Must Follow GDPR Pre Brexit
New commissioner adds that ‘personal info will need to flow’ whatever happens

Popular Boxing Site Punches Visitors with Banking Malware
The injected code employs several evasion tactics, including not executing without significant user interaction.

UK Gov Boosts Security with HTTPS and DMARC
Protocols will be mandatory from 1 October

NHS Cloud App Blind Spot Could Put Data at Risk
FoI request finds many Trusts have lack of visibility into their environments

Tofsee Botnet Gets Aggressive with Russian Dating
Spam email campaigns containing malicious attachments are spreading the Tofsee malware and botnet at unprecedented aggression levels.

83% of Companies Have Released Applications They Know Are Unsafe
Survey shows companies are over-reliant on bug bounties.



