Security breaches hit nearly three in four organizations
A troubling 73 percent of organizations have been plagued by at least one security breach or incident in the past year, with about 60 percent of breaches categorized as …
Geopolitical events fuel uptick in region-specific DDoS attacks
An attack research group was the No.1 target of DDoS attacks, and the Middle East region also saw a sharp increase in attacks last quarter, according to Nexusguard. …
Rising threats to boost government IT security spending
Technavio analysts expect global government IT security spending to exceed USD 42 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of over 9%. “The global IT security spending in the …
Fraudsters steal tax data from ADP customer portal
ADP has confirmed identity thieves managed to access W-2 data of a number of its customers’ employees through the company’s customer portal, but says that the …
Web servers and sites under attack via ImageMagick zero-day flaw
A zero-day remote code execution flaw has been found in ImageMagick, an image processing library that allows image uploads from untrusted users (site visitors) and is widely …
Ransomware enters companies through RDP servers
Attackers wielding ransomware are targeting enterprises through an often-found hole in the corporate network: Internet facing, poorly secured remote desktop servers. According …
Online transaction fraud to reach $25 billion by 2020
Online transaction fraud is expected to reach $25.6 billion by 2020, up from $10.7 billion last year, according to Juniper Research. This means that by the end of the decade, …
Free badge program helps determine the security of open source software
The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project managed by The Linux Foundation that aims to improve the security of critical open source projects, issued its first round …
Samsung’s smart home platform flaws let attackers fiddle with your doors
Researchers have managed to exploit design flaws in the Samsung SmartThings smart home programming platform and successfully mount a series of attacks that could result in …
Gozi malware creator sentenced to time served
Nikita Kuzmin, the creator of the Gozi malware, was sentenced on Monday in Manhattan federal court to time served (37 months). He was also ordered to pay nearly $7 million in …
Malicious Chrome update actively targeting Android users
A fake malicious Chrome update is being actively pushed onto Android users, saddling them with information-stealing malware that can be uninstalled only by restoring the …
What a Security Evangelist does, and why you need one
Here is a simple truth: You can create the most revolutionary product ever, but if you can’t get word about it out, you’ll fail. Information security vendors …