UniCredit breach: Data of 400,000 customers exposed
Italian global banking and financial services company UniCredit has revealed that it has suffered two security breaches in less than a year. “A first breach seems to …
Malware creators increasingly run their business like legitimate software companies
The continuing increase in ransomware attacks is, partly, due to how easy the malware can be built and used by attackers that have limited technical skills. Take for example …
Orchestrating security across multiple environments
In an effort to help organizations centralize their intelligence and security process management, ThreatConnect has expanded its security platform’s capabilities to …
Only 2% of “GDPR-ready” organizations are actually compliant
Only nine percent of UK organizations that believe they are prepared for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) actually are, new research from Veritas has found. In …
Secrets of successful threat hunters and SOCs
McAfee has polled over 700 IT and security professionals from a diverse set of countries, industries, and organization sizes about the role of threat hunting and the evolution …
Expected cyber threats over the next six months
With recent large-scale cyber attacks signaling a growing front in destructive threats and business impact, a new midyear report from iDefense, part of Accenture Security, …
CrowdStrike launches malware search engine
CrowdStrike launched CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, the first malware search and intelligence component of its CrowdStrike Falcon Search Engine for cybersecurity data. …
Qualys CloudView to deliver continuous security of public cloud infrastructure
Qualys announced CloudView, a new app framework in the Qualys Cloud Platform for comprehensive and continuous protection of cloud infrastructure, delivering InfoSec and …
6+ billion records exposed in data breaches in first half of 2017
There have been 2,227 publicly disclosed data compromise events since the beginning of the year through June 30th, according to Risk Based Security. While this is in keeping …
MacOS malware used to spy on home users in the US
A new variant of the macOS malware Fruitfly has been found by security researcher Patrick Wardle on some 400 machines of (mostly) home users located in the US. Fruitfly: The …
Google Groups misconfiguration leads to sensitive data leaks
If your employees are using Google Groups to discuss issues and ideas, you might want to check whether the sharing setting for these groups is set to “Private”. …
UK govt urges teenagers to apply for cyber security training programme
UK teenagers are being encouraged to register in a cyber security training programme rolled out to help the nation address the risk of a future skills shortage. The Department …