Hackers extorted a cool $1 million from South Korean web hosting provider
Whether through ransomware, or simply by breaking into computer systems and exfiltrating and deleting the data found on them with other means, cyber extortionists are going …
As UK govt calls for encryption backdoors, EU lawmakers propose a ban on them
As the UK gets hit by terror attacks one after the other, the government’s cry for making sure terrorists and criminals can’t find “safe spaces” online …
InfoArmor: Operatively-sourced threat intelligence
In this podcast, Mike Kirschner, Senior Vice President of Advanced Threat Intelligence at InfoArmor, talks about this dark web operatively sourced intelligence firm that is …
Sensitive data on 198 million US voters exposed online
For at least two whole weeks, a database containing information on 198 million potential US voters – more than half of the American population – lay exposed on the …
Privacy, security concerns grow for wearables
While Google Glass was not the success Google wanted it to be, there is no doubt that the wearable camera market is growing. People may have not been comfortable with the fact …
Google’s whack-a-mole with Android adware continues
Why can’t Google put a stop to adware on their official Android app marketplace? The analysis by Trend Micro researchers of a Trojan Android ad library dubbed Xavier …
Regional regulatory compliance trends: Strategies and implications
In this podcast, Tim White, Director of Product Management, Policy Compliance at Qualys, talks about regulatory compliance trends that across a variety of different regions in …
Equipment already in space can be adapted for extremely secure data encryption
In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Erlangen, demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 …
Cloud-based security services market to reach nearly $9 billion by 2020
Growth in worldwide cloud-based security services will remain strong, reaching $5.9 billion in 2017, up 21 percent from 2016, according to Gartner. Overall growth in the …
Week in review: Mac malware-as-a-Service, CIA hacking routers, top tech for infosec
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: End-to-end email encryption with no central point of attack A seamless, easy-to-use, …
Cyber extortionists target North American companies
A group of financially motivated hackers is targeting networks and systems of North American companies, threatening to leak the stolen information and cripple the company by …
BAE Systems sold cyber-surveillance tools to autocratic regimes
British multinational BAE Systems has sold sophisticated surveillance technology to many repressive governments in the Middle East and Africa, an investigation by BBC Arabic …