Anthem ready to pay $115 million to settle data breach lawsuit
US health insurer Anthem has agreed to pay $115 million to settle a class-action suit mounted in the wake of the massive data breach it suffered in late 2014/early 2015. The …
German law enforcement gets new hacking powers
On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called …
With ransomware, pay up if you want to keep paying
A hospital CEO is contacted in the middle of the night with a dire warning. Hackers have taken control of computer systems used for patient care, CT scans, and lab work. The …
Most businesses will not put off cloud adoption because of security concerns
Businesses are pressing ahead with their digital transformation plans, despite fears of being hit by a cyber attack or data protection regulations. This is according to a new …
Crowdsourced security testing and bug bounties
In the past few years, the bug bounty economy has been growing steadily, with more organizations getting on board every day. In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech …
Week in review: Evaluating AI-based cyber security systems, how CIA hit air-gapped computers
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How the CIA gained access to air-gapped computers A new WikiLeaks release of …
How the CIA gained access to air-gapped computers
A new WikiLeaks release of documents believed to have been stolen from the CIA show the intelligence agency’s capability to infect air-gapped computers and networks via …
Password Reset MITM: Exposing the need for better security choices
Attackers that have set up a malicious site can use users’ account registration process to successfully perform a password reset process on a number of popular websites …
Internet crime: The continuing rise of the BEC scam
Through its website, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) accepts complaints about Internet-facilitated criminal activity, and forwards them to the …
New infosec products of the week: June 23, 2017
API Behavioral Security: Detecting and blocking attacks targeting API infrastructures Elastic Beam unveiled its flagship solution, API Behavioral Security (ABS), the first …
Organizations still unclear on cloud security responsibility
Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,300 IT decision makers from organizations using public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa …
Microsoft extends the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program
Initially time-bound, the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program has now been turned into one that will run indefinitely, Microsoft has announced. The past and present of the Microsoft …