Infosecurity News
Google Awards $100K Security Grant to University of California Team
The Shellphish team is the same team that won bronze at the DARPA-sponsored Cyber Grand Challenge over the summer.
Apple iOS Devices: Leakier Than Android
Millions of Apple iOS mobile devices are leaking information like the exact location of devices and their owners.
Fancy Bear Spying Targets 1000s, Including NATO, Political Leaders
The Kremlin-tied group has created legions of custom programs, backdoors, bootkits and rootkits to assist it in its spying.
Trump’s Turn to Face Questions Over Poor Email Security
Republican candidate’s corporate servers are wide open, says researchers
Routers Branded 'Achilles Heel' of Home and Small Biz Security
Eset research finds numerous vulnerabilities
Researchers Find Dangerous Intel Chip Flaw
Side channel issue may increase potency of cyberattacks
#ISC2CongressEMEA: Smart City Risk Factors Could Lead to Loss of Life
At the (ISC)2 Congress in Dublin, Ireland, on October 19, security analyst Megha Sharma presented her research and risk assessment of the three key areas in a smart city
TrickBot Banking Trojan, Heir to Dyre
TrickBot shares much in common with the Dyre malware, which became notorious in late 2014 and early 2015.
PassCV Targets Pokémon Go, Online Gaming Platforms
A large cluster of attacks against game developers uses malware designed to harvest stored passwords and log keystrokes.
City of London Hit by More Ransomware Than Some Countries
Cybercriminals target major financial institutions in Square Mile
#ISC2CongressEMEA: Why CEO Fraud Works and How to Stop it
CEO Fraud is the latest variation in a plethora of similar email-based cyber-attacks. It’s niche, but it has a 90% success rate
Nation-State Hackers Hit Japanese Nuclear Facility
They took 59,000 research files on the use of tritium, also known as Hydrogen-3, which is a key component of hydrogen bombs.
App DevOps Improving But Third Party Component Risk Remains
Veracode study claims 60% of apps fail security on first scan
Euro Bank Robbers Blow Up 492 ATMs
Thieves supplement cyber attacks with old-fashioned brute force
Certificate Snafu Forces Global Sites Offline
GlobalSign accidentally revoked cross certificate, causing downstream chaos
UK Banks ‘Under-reporting’ Cyber Incidents
Report claims lenders are trying to protect image by staying mum
Pro-Trump Hackers Deface Clinton Wikipedia Page
Pornographic image uploaded to site as campaign chief’s Twitter account is hacked
Cards at Risk as Online Skimming Jumps 69%
Researcher finds malicious JavaScript stealing card info from e-commerce sites
IDC: Security Spending to Top $100 Billion by 2020
The overall spend on security hardware, software and services will increase an impressive 38% by 2020.
Whisper Adds Self-Destructing Messages to Signal Email
Any conversation can be configured to delete sent and received messages after a specified interval.
