Security Breaches June 18, 2019 Free GandCrab Ransomware Decryptor Released for Versions 5.0 and 5.2 Bitdefender has released a decryption tool that can be used to recover files encrypted by all GandCrab ransomware variants, including 5.0 and 5.2. Three decryptors ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 16, 2019 Netflix Phishing Scam Targets Users in Ireland Netflix users in Ireland are being warned to be wary of a new Netflix-themed phishing scam that attempts to get users to reveal sensitive information ... Read more
Compliance June 16, 2019 General Catalyst Enters into €70 Million Finance Agreement with Vade Secure Vade Secure has announced it has secured €70 million in funding from General Catalyst. The money will be invested in machine learning technology for its ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 15, 2019 TitanHQ Rated One of Best Software Companies in EMEA TitanHQ has been recognized by G2 Crowd for its cybersecurity products and has been included in its list of the Best Software Companies in EMEA ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 11, 2019 June 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Corrects 88 Vulnerabilities June 2019 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release 88 patches to address recently discovered vulnerabilities. 20 of the vulnerabilities have been rated critical, and 4 ... Read more
Security Breaches June 11, 2019 U.S. Coast Guard Issues Warning Following Increase in Cyberattacks on Ships A rise in malware attacks on commercial vessels has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to issue a warning to ship owners about the increased risk ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 6, 2019 BlueKeep Exploit Developed That Allows Full Takeover of Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Device in 22 Seconds A working exploit for the Microsoft BlueKeep flaw (CVE-2019-0708) has been developed that allows a full, remote account takeover in 22 seconds with no user ... Read more
Security Breaches June 6, 2019 Norsk Hydro Ransomware Attack Estimated to Cost Firm Between $58 and $70 Million Disaster strikes and ransomware is installed on the network. If backups have been made and they have also not been encrypted, files can be unlocked ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 5, 2019 New Zero-Day Vulnerability Identified in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services A zero-day vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services which could allow an attacker to hijack an existing session that has been locked. ... Read more
Security Breaches June 5, 2019 LabCorp Impacted by AMCA Data Breach: Up to 7.7 Million Customers Affected A day after Quest Diagnostics confirmed 11.9 million of its customers have been affected by a cyberattack on American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) comes news ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 4, 2019 MacOS Zero-Day Vulnerability Allows Synthetic Mouse Clicks to Run Malicious Code A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Apple’s Mojave operating system which could be exploited to run malicious code on vulnerable devices without being detected. ... Read more
Compliance June 4, 2019 Sensitive Information of 11.9 Million Quest Diagnostics Patients Compromised Quest Diagnostics, one of the leading medical laboratories and blood testing companies in the United States, has been affected by a data breach at one ... Read more
Security Breaches June 3, 2019 GandCrab Ransomware Gang to Retire Within a Month The cybercriminal gang behind GandCrab ransomware will be retiring in a month and their operation will be shut down. The gang announced on a popular ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 1, 2019 TitanHQ Expands Footprint in France with Exer Partnership The leading email and web security firm TitanHQ has had a strong year of growth. MSPs have played a considerable part in the success of ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 31, 2019 Emotet was the Biggest Email Threat in Q1 A new report from Proofpoint has confirmed Emotet was the biggest email-based threat in the first quarter of 2019. The popularity of the malware is ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 30, 2019 BlueKeep RDP Vulnerability Still Not Patched on Almost 1 Million Devices The critical, wormable BlueKeep RDP vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708) that was patched by Microsoft on May 14 has still not been addressed on almost 1 million devices, ... Read more
Security Breaches May 29, 2019 HawkEye Keylogger Used in Targeted Attacks on Businesses Businesses around the world are being targeted by threat actors distributing the Hawkeye keylogger. IBM X-Force researchers identified major campaigns in April and May that ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 28, 2019 Medical Informatics Engineering Settles HIPAA Violation Cases for $1 Million The electronic medical record software company Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) has agreed to settle its HIPAA compliance violation case with the U.S. Department of Health ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 24, 2019 Google Has Been Storing Unhashed G-Suite Passwords for 14 Years Google has recently announced it has discovered an error was made in its enterprise password recovery feature that has resulted in G Suite passwords being ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 23, 2019 Exploit for Zero Day Flaw in Windows Task Scheduler Released Online Security researcher ‘SandboxEscaper’ has released a PoC exploit for yet another vulnerability in Windows Task Scheduler, just a few days after the latest round of ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 22, 2019 More Than 1 Million Machines Still Vulnerable to EternalBlue Exploit In March 2017, Microsoft released the MS17-010 patch to correct a flaw in Windows Server Message Block (SMB) v1 that was exploited by WannaCry ransomware ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 21, 2019 TrickBot Trojan Now Using URL Redirects to Fool End Users and Cybersecurity Solutions The Trickbot banking Trojan is one of the biggest cyber threats faced by businesses. Trickbot is primarily a banking Trojan that is used to obtain ... Read more
Security Breaches May 20, 2019 Unistellar Hacking Group Deletes More Than 12,500 Unsecured MongoDB Databases There has been a spate of attacks on businesses running unsecured MongoDB databases in the past three weeks that has seen the attackers delete databases ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 17, 2019 International Law Enforcement Operation Shuts Down Goznym Malware Gang The international criminal gang behind the infamous Goznym malware has been disbanded following a complex law enforcement investigation in Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and ... Read more
Security Breaches May 16, 2019 New Intel MDS Vulnerabilities Allow Sensitive Data to Be Accessed from CPUs Four Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities have been discovered in Intel processers which could be exploited using a variety of different attack methods to gain ... Read more
Compliance May 15, 2019 Microsoft Issues Patches for 79 Vulnerabilities Including Critical Wormable Flaw May 2019 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release security updates to correct 79 vulnerabilities including one critical flaw that could potentially be exploited in a ... Read more
Security Breaches May 15, 2019 Cost of the Equifax Data Breach? $1.5 Billion and Counting In 2017, the Atlanta-based credit bureau Equifax suffered a massive data breach that saw the personal information of 150 million people compromised. According to the ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 14, 2019 New Partner Program Launched by TitanHQ The email archiving, spam filtering, and DNS filtering solution provider TitanHQ has launched a new partner program for managed service providers (MSPs), cloud distributors, Wi-Fi ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 14, 2019 WhatsApp Zero Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Spy on Users A WhatsApp zero day vulnerability has been identified which is being exploited to install spyware on users’ devices. The flaw is a buffer overflow vulnerability ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 13, 2019 Microsoft SharePoint Server Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint (CVE-2019-0604) is being actively exploited in the wild by multiple threat actors who are leveraging the flaw ... Read more