Infosecurity News
UK Cybercrime Soars 20% in Two Years
PwC report claims 60% of firms don’t believe police can handle it
Nissan Disables App After Remote Hack Demo
Researchers claim attackers could control vehicle functions
Printers on Default Settings Still Open Backdoors
wireless-enabled printers remain deployed in a potentially vulnerable default configuration
Operation Dust Storm State Hackers Target Japan
Cylance report claims group has been around since 2010
MouseJack Flaw Affects Billions of Devices
Attackers can remotely hack wireless mice from within 100 meters away.
Most SSL VPNs are Wildly Insecure
SHA-1, Heartbleed and the insecure SSLv3 protocol all plague the arena.
Last Year 700 Million Records Were Compromised
Gemalto study points to ID theft as chief cause
TEISS - Brexit Will be Damaging for Information Sharing Initiatives
The potential British exit from the European Union could disrupt an engine for economic growth.
Riskware Bypasses Apple’s Code Reviewers
ZergHelper pulled from China App Store
Spam Volume Falls in 2015
Financial institutions such as banks, payment systems and online shops were attacked most often with phishing emails.
PCI DSS 3.2 Expected as Soon as March
Card data security standard is moving to smaller update cycle
One-Third of IT Staff Are Hackers
33% of respondents in a survey admitted to successfully hacking their own or another organization.
Akamai Bot Manager Takes Aim at Bot Traffic
60% of an organization’s Web traffic may be generated by programs that operate as an agent for a user or another program.
Instagram Set to Switch On Two Factor Authentication
Photo sharing network finally gets serious about account security
Dark Web Experiment Shows How Hackers Use Stolen Credentials
With a stolen Gmail username and password combo, hackers showed that they could access bank accounts and more.
IoT Woes: SimpliSafe Home Security System Opens to Thieves
All keypads and base stations will need to be replaced in order to secure the system.
Dridex Gang Gets ‘Locky’ with New Ransomware Campaign
Researchers discover new malicious macro-based threat
Glibc Flaw Affects Linux Machines and IoT
A vulnerability in the GNU C Library could result in remote code execution, and may affect most Linux machines.
Spear Phishing Incident Average Cost is $1.6M
84% of respondents experienced spear phishing attacks that penetrated their security solutions.
Mazar BOT Can Erase Android Phones
The malware also can read SMS messages, including authentication codes sent as part of two-factor authentication mechanisms.
