Finance organizations risk data by failing to secure unique employee logins
Customers’ personal and financial data is being put at risk as many industry personnel are not assigned unique login and password details, new research from IS Decisions has …
A double whammy of tech support scam and ransomware hits US, UK users
Tech support scams and ransomware usually don’t go together, but there’s a first time for everything. Symantec researchers have spotted a generic tech support scam …
Elasticsearch servers actively targeted by botmasters
Elasticsearch is one of the most popular choices when it comes to enterprise search engines.Unfortunately, a couple of remote code execution flaws (CVE-2015-5377, …
3G/4G cellular USB modems are full of critical security flaws, many 0-days
An analysis of popular 3G and 4G cellural USB modems and routers used around the world revealed a myriad of serious vulnerabilities in each of them.The SCADA Strange Love team …
Darkode forum returns with lousy security that keeps serious users away
The newest version of the infamous Darkode cybercriminal forum is up, and it’s the worst one ever, says Loucif Kharouni, a senior threat researcher with Damballa.As you …
Cybercriminals to target new payment technologies
The year 2015 has become widely referred to as the year of the data breach. What nefarious cyber-acts will define 2016? Raytheon|Websense cybersecurity experts today shared …
New flash storage architecture capable of 1TB/s
Seagate and Newisys announced that 21 Newisys NSS-2601 with dual NSS-HWxEA Storage Server Modules deployed with Seagate’s SAS 1200.2 SSD drives can be combined in a single 42U …
Flaws in medical data management system can be exploited to modify patient information
Two vulnerabilities found in v3.3 of Epiphany’s Cardio Server ECG Management System, a popular system that is used to centralize and manage patient data by healthcare …
How Europol analyzes malware
In the wake of the takedown of a major cybercriminal group wielding banking Trojans in Ukraine in June this year, Europol noted that it “provided crucial support to the …
The privacy risks of school technology tools
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google for collecting and data mining school children’s personal …
Top 10 technology challenges for IT audit professionals
The top technology challenge faced by IT audit executives and professionals worldwide is to keep pace with emerging technology and infrastructure changes, including …
Belkin’s N150 router sports multiple flaws, including default access credentials for telnet server
Belkin’s SOHO routers are not exactly a paragon of a secure device, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that, once again, a security researcher has unearthed a …
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