ISPs treat cyber security as a top priority
Better law enforcement training and coordination of cyber security and support for a government-backed awareness campaign are two key findings of an ISP survey by the Internet …
Iovation acquires LaunchKey, shows the future of authentication
Iovation, a provider of device-based solutions for authentication and fraud prevention, announced the acquisition of multifactor authentication company LaunchKey. The move …
Nearly 800,000 Brazzers users’ credentials exposed
Account login credentials of nearly 800,000 Brazzers porn site users have been stolen in 2012, but the breach has only now come to light, after the data dump was obtained by …
Too many Cisco ASA boxes still open to an EXTRABACON attack
Among the Equation Group exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers, the one named EXTRABACON that targets Cisco ASA devices got the most attention from security researchers and …
Rambler.ru hack: Passwords of nearly 100 million users exposed
A new data leak – confirmed to be legitimate by LeakedSource and added to its searchable online database – affects nearly 100 million users of Rambler.ru, one of …
Measuring IT security health with GreySpark
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2016, Brit Wanick, Vice President of Sales, FourV Systems, talks about measuring IT security health with GreySpark. GreySpark …
Can Big Data analytics strengthen your security posture?
The Ponemon Institute released the results of its first report focused on how big data analytics are being used by organizations to strengthen cybersecurity postures. Their …
Week in review: USBee, DNSSEC abuse, and IoT security research
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Linux servers hit with FairWare ransomware – or is it just a scam? Victims …
How a security researcher is tackling IoT security testing
“A common misconception people in the industry have regarding my work as a security researcher is that I am sharing information that puts businesses at risk. And also, …
Mobile ransomware increases 200 percent
There’s been a startling 200 percent increase in mobile ransomware detection in Q2, according to Quick Heal. This amounts to nearly 50 percent of the ransomware detected …
Betabot steals passwords, downloads ransomware
The infamous and ever-changing Betabot information-stealing Trojan is back again, and has been observed downloading another well-known threat – the Cerber ransomware. Of …
Programmer arrested for hacking Linux Kernel Organization
A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida yesterday after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers …