EyePyramid clears the way for future malware attacks
Several weeks ago, the release of court documents revealed a long-standing cyber espionage campaign aimed at Italian politicians and businesspeople, law firms, state …
Hacker Phineas Fisher arrested in Spain?
Has Phineas Fisher, the person (or group) behind the Gamma International and Hacking Team breaches and data leaks, been caught? According to Catalan news outfit ARA, three …
91% of phishing attacks are display name spoofs
GreatHorn analyzed more than 56 million emails from 91,500 corporate mailboxes from March to November 2016. The data found that display name spoofs are the clear phishing …
CSOs reveal true cost of breaches
Over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent, according to the Cisco …
SSD security challenges: Which data sanitization methods are effective?
In recent years, a growing number of data breaches have resulted from the improper data removal and insecure storage of drives. Organizations face a myriad of internal and …
The emergence of new global cybercriminal attack patterns
The findings of a new Malwarebytes report illustrate a significant shift in cybercriminal attack and malware methodology from previous years. Ransomware, ad fraud and botnets, …
ThreatQ 3.0: A threat intelligence platform with fine-tuned controls
ThreatQuotient announced new ThreatQ platform advancements, a robust Partner Integration Program and Professional Services offerings to answer industry demand to make threat …
Facebook and GitHub test new account recovery option
Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of …
Privacy expectations and the unfortunate reality
A recent survey that polled 5,710 Americans on private browsing (aka “Privacy Mode”, aka “Incognito Mode”) revealed that 46 percent of them have used …
Can your Netgear router be hijacked? Check now!
Yesterday, researcher Simon Kenin of Trustwave SpiderLabs released information about an authentication bypass flaw affecting a wide variety of Netgear routers, as well as PoC …
Europol and GCA will fight cybercrime through the exchange of information
Europol and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on decreasing systemic cyber risk and improving internet security …
Irregular application testing: App security in healthcare
Nearly half (45%) of NHS trusts scan for application vulnerabilities just once a year, with less only 8% doing so on a daily basis, according to Veracode. This potentially …