Winnti group’s attack platform is based on decade old malware
“Kaspersky Lab experts tracking the activity of the Winnti group have discovered an active threat based on a 2006 bootkit installer. The threat, which they name HDRoot …
Previously unknown Moker RAT is the latest APT threat
“Researchers over at cybersecurity company enSilo have discovered a novel, powerful and persistent type of malware plaguing the network of one of their customers. This …
IP camera manufacturers force researcher to pull conference talk
A researcher has been forced to cancel his presentation on the vulnerabilities found on major surveillance cameras and how they can be exploited “due to legal threats …
Google patches Stagefright 2.0 on Nexus devices
Google has released its monthly security update for Nexus devices. Among the issues this update fixes are the two vulnerabilities in the stagefright and utils Android …
Attackers take over org’s OWA server, harvest domain credentials with malicious DLL
Researchers from cyber attack detection and response outfit Cybereason have discovered a novel APT technique that was used by attackers to gain persistence in an (unnamed) …
T-Mobile customer data stolen from Experian already for sale
The personal info of 15 million T-Mobile USA customers stolen in the recently revealed Experian breach is possibly being already sold on the Dark Web.Irish fraud prevention …
It’s not just about Big Data, it’s what you do with it
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to surpass $3.6 trillion in 2016, a 1.5 percent increase from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT industry is being driven by digital …
Attackers prefer lower-bandwidth DDoS attacks
Analyzing customer data, Corero found that attackers are continuing to leverage sub-saturating DDoS attacks with increasing frequency, using shorter attack durations to evade …
Cybersecurity is being taken seriously around the globe
There has been a dramatic increase in the attention that boards and executives are paying to cybersecurity risk management, according to a new global study developed by the …
Cisco disrupts major ransomware campaign that brought in $30M annually
“Cisco researchers, with the help of Level 3 Threat Research Labs and OpenDNS, have managed to strike a considerable blow against ransomware peddlers that used the …
Nuclear facilities are wide open to cyber attacks
You would think that, given the potential disastrous consequences of a successful hack, the computer systems and networks of nuclear facilities would be better secured agains …
Millions affected by Scottrade brokerage breach that dates back two years
Missouri-based retail brokerage firm Scottrade has suffered a breach nearly two years ago, but they are only notifying their customers about it now, because they only found …
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