Infosecurity News

Russian Hackers Target NGOs with Clinton Foundation Emails
Kremlin-linked group quick to use US elections to spear phish targets

Tesco Bank Attack Linked to Trojan Targeting Other UK Lenders
Several others are on the malware’s hit list

NYU's High-School Hackathon Uncovers Next-Gen Brilliance
13th annual NYU Cybersecurity Awareness Week (CSAW) games kick off in Brooklyn.

UK’s Finest Codebreakers Battle the Best in Europe
European Cyber Security Challenge runs all this week

Yahoo: Verizon Could Pull Out of Deal
SEC filing reveals firm knew about state-sponsored hacker in 2014

Rash of PlayStation Hacks Hits UK Gamers
PlayStation gamers have taken in droves to report that they have had their accounts hacked.

Google to Label Malware Sites with 30-Day Full Page Alerts
Chrome, Firefox and Safari will display 'deceptive' warnings for sites that spread malware, unwanted software or phishing.

Antivirus Fails to Stop Ransomware 100% of the Time
Firewalls, email filtering, anti-malware and security training also failed in large percentages.

Euro Cops and CERTs Look to Improve Info Sharing
Workshop this week aimed to bolster co-operation

Madison County Faces Day 5 of Ransomware Nightmare
"We are using pencil and paper like the old days.”

Synopsys Scoops Up Cigital and Codiscope
Synopsys has announced the double acquisition of Cigital and Codiscope

Mirai Fractures as DDoS Attempts Against Clinton and Trump Fail
Open sourced malware has split into less potent entities, say researchers

LinkedIn Scam Pretends to Care About Your Security
A new approach to LinkedIn scamming looks to steal confidential information with a combo of legit links and a plausible message.

Tesco Bank Freezes Accounts in Attack Investigation
Tesco Bank has confirmed that some of its customers’ current accounts have been subject to online criminal activity, in some cases resulting in money being withdrawn fraudulently

Researchers Hack US Voting Machine to Change Tallies
Attackers would need direct access to Sequoia box

ICO Welcomes UK’s GDPR Commitment
Now it’s time for firms to accelerate compliance plans

Mirai Botnet Strikes Again to Take Liberia Offline
The Mirai botnet has been blamed for a cyber-attack which has knocked Liberia's internet offline.

Android Info-stealing Baddie Targets Almost 100 Banks
The malware steals credentials for banking and social media apps, intercepts and sends SMS messages, and can wipe the phone.

#BHEU: Why AI Doesn’t Exist and Why Machine Learning is Only as Good as the Human
“Artificial intelligence doesn’t exist yet, nor will it for at least the next twenty years,” Ilia Kolochenko, CEO of High-Tech Bridge, told Infosecurity without hesitation at Black Hat Europe on November 4 2016.

#BHEU Quantum Crypto Edges Closer to Reality
Cryptography for quantum computers is taking a serious step forward, thanks to the launch of the OpenQuantumSafe Software Project.



