Mobile users actively spammed from compromised iCloud accounts
Spammers have been compromising North American Apple users’ iCloud accounts, and using them to send spammy text messages to mobile users in China. The messages advertise …
BENIGNCERTAIN-like flaw affects various Cisco networking devices
The leaking of BENIGNCERTAIN, an NSA exploit targeting a vulnerability in legacy Cisco PIX firewalls that allows attackers to eavesdrop on VPN traffic, has spurred Cisco to …
Connected devices riddled with badly-coded APIs, poor encryption
The advent of home automation and rapid rise of smart home connected devices is seeing some vendors and new startups scramble to become a part of the movement, with ABI …
The hidden cost of the insider threat
Organizations are spending an average of $4.3 million annually to mitigate, address, and resolve insider-related incidents – with that spend surpassing $17 million annually in …
UDP flood attacks becoming increasingly powerful
When it comes to quantitative indicators, the last quarter can be marked by significant quantitative decline, according to DDoS-GUARD. The number of detected DDoS attacks is …
Public cloud services market to grow to $208.6 billion in 2016
The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 17.2 percent in 2016 to total $208.6 billion, up from $178 billion in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. The …
Week in review: MySQL 0-day, Stingrays, and the end of Patch Tuesday
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Five ways to respond to the ransomware threat While organizations wrestle with the …
ICS-CERT warns of remotely exploitable power meter flaws
Two remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, one of which can lead to remote code execution, have been found in Schneider Electric’s ION Power Meter products and FENIKS PRO Elnet …
IoT Village uncovers 47 security vulnerabilities across 23 devices
New dangers in both home security and municipal power facilities were revealed as the results of the 2nd Annual IoT Village, held at DEF CON 24 in Las Vegas. More than 47 new …
Top trends in security testing and vulnerability management
Many businesses fail to conduct frequent security testing despite believing that it’s critically important to securing their systems and data. One in five of businesses …
Bogus Pokémon GO guide app roots Android devices
The popularity of Pokémon GO is apparently on the wane, but there are still more than enough players to make it a good lure for cyber crooks. In fact, fake apps like the …
What information people most fear being hacked
People are most fearful of their credit cards or bank statements being hacked, with 78 percent of Americans and Germans ranking it a top concern. That number is even higher in …