Online Trust Alliance releases new Internet of Things Trust Framework
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) updated the IoT Trust Framework, a comprehensive global initiative that provides guidance for device manufacturers and developers to enhance …
CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims don’t need to pay the ransom
Kaspersky Lab has added an additional 14,031 decryption keys to their free repository, enabling all those who have fallen victim to CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware to …
.onion officially registered as special-use domain name by the IETF
By publishing the RFC 7686 standard, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has formally recognized the .onion domain as a special-use domain name. “Over the last …
Domain name holders hit with personalized, malware-laden suspension notices
A clever new email spam campaign has been spotted targeting domain name holders, trying to trick them into downloading malware on their systems.The emails take the form of a …
Hackers put up for sale 13 million plaintext passwords stolen from 000webhost
000webhost, a popular free web hosting service, has suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of the name, email address and plaintext password of some 13 million …
Most are unaware of the seriousness of medical data theft
Most remain unaware of their vulnerability to medical data theft, and the fact that it can be far more damaging than credit card or social security number compromise, …
The top threat vector for mobile devices? Porn
As mobile devices become more deeply woven into the fabric of our personal and work lives, cyber criminals are taking increasingly vicious and disturbingly personal shots at …
New DDoS attacks misuse NetBIOS name server, RPC portmap, and Sentinel licensing servers
Akamai has observed three new reflection DDoS attacks in recent months: NetBIOS name server reflection, RPC portmap reflection, and Sentinel reflection.In a reflection DDoS …
Are IT security pros optimistic or naïve?
Half of IT security practitioners in the U.S. view their organization as an unlikely target for attack, according to a Ponemon Institute survey of 614 IT security …
Attackers are turning MySQL servers into DDoS bots
Someone has been compromising MySQL servers around the world and using them to mount DDoS attacks. The latest targets of these attacks are an (unnamed) US hosting provider and …
US Library of Congress makes tinkering with your car software legal
The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works. But, there are …
What can we expect from 2016? A growth in online extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware
Next year, continued growth in online extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware is expected, as well as a shift to an offensive cybersecurity posture for government entities …
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