Security Breaches July 11, 2018 U.S. Military Data Stolen as a Result of the Failure to Change Default FTP Passwords U.S. military computers have been accessed by a hacker and sensitive military documents have been stolen and listed for sale on online hacking forums. The ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 10, 2018 Microsoft Issues Patches for 54 Vulnerabilities; 17 Critical This Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft issue patches for 54 vulnerabilities, 27 of which could allow remote code exploitation. 17 of the flaws have been ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 10, 2018 Reduce Cloud Costs by Switching Off Idle Cloud Resources Cloud costs can easily spiral out of control without careful management, although it is easy to reduce cloud costs by not paying for resources that ... Read more
Security Breaches July 9, 2018 Email Attack Uses Macros to Hijack Desktop Shortcuts The deployment of malware via malicious Word documents is nothing new, although the tactics used by cybercriminals often change. Now a new method of malware ... Read more
Security Breaches July 9, 2018 Ransomware Damage Predicted to Exceed $8 Billion in 2018 Ransomware is one of the most common types of malware and has been widely adopted by cybercriminals who use it to extort money from businesses. ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 6, 2018 TitanHQ Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Rocco Donnino TitanHQ has announced it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Rocco Donnino, the former Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at AppRiver, ... Read more
Cyber Threats July 6, 2018 Rakhni Trojan Decides Whether to Encrypt or Mine Dashcoin A new variant of the Rakhni Trojan has been detected by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab. This new malware variant decides whether a device is ... Read more
Cyber Threats July 3, 2018 Cryptocurrency Investors Targeted with MacOs Malware on Slack and Discord Several MacOs malware attacks have been identified in the past few days with victims targeted via the Slack and Discord chat platforms. The attackers are ... Read more
Security Breaches July 3, 2018 Phishing Incident Reported by Trezor Wallet Trezor, the multi-cryptocurrency wallet service, has announced it has been targeted in a phishing campaign that has seen some users of its service redirected to ... Read more
Security Breaches July 3, 2018 Partial Backup File Stolen in Typeform Data Breach Typeform, a Spanish SaaS company that specializes in online forms and surveys, has announced it has experienced a data breach in which a hacker gained ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 30, 2018 WebTitan Vs Lightspeed: A Comparison of Web Filtering Solutions for K12 Schools In this post we explore two of the most popular web filtering solutions for K12 schools: A comparison of WebTitan vs Lightspeed. The Importance of ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 28, 2018 DoublePulsar Exploit Tweaked to Work on IoT Systems The NSA hacking tool – DoublePulsar – was used to infect hundreds of thousands of Windows computers with malware last year after it was leaked ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 27, 2018 WordPress Vulnerability Allows Full Site Takeover A recently disclosed vulnerability in the WordPress CMS Core could be exploited to escalate privileges, remotely execute code, and take full control of a WordPress ... Read more
Security Breaches June 21, 2018 ZeroFont Phishing Attack Bypasses Microsoft Office Security Feature The ZeroFont phishing attack allows phishers to bypass anti-spam controls and ensure their emails are delivered to end users inboxes. ZeroFont Phishing Cybercriminals are constantly ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 19, 2018 World Cup Wallchart Phishing Scam Detected Security researchers at Check Point have uncovered a World Cup wallchart phishing scam that is being used to deliver malware to soccer fans’ devices. The ... Read more
Security Breaches June 19, 2018 More than 400 Models of Axis Communications Cameras Vulnerable to Remote Attacks More than 400 models of Axis Communications’ security cameras contain vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors to intercept and view camera footage, take ... Read more
Security Breaches June 19, 2018 More than 22,000 Container Orchestration and API Management Systems Exposed on Internet Many organizations have turned to the public cloud to help them scale resources to meet demand, reduce operating costs and improve the effectiveness of IT ... Read more
Security Breaches June 15, 2018 Yahoo Fined £250,000 by ICO for 2014 Data Breach The UK’s Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined Yahoo £250,000 over the data breach the company experienced in 2014. The fine was issued to resolve ... Read more
Security Breaches June 15, 2018 Dixons Carphone Breach Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards Dixons Carphone, the UK electronics and telecommunications retailer, has experienced a massive breach of payment card data. The payment card details of 5.9 million customers ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 14, 2018 New PyRoMine Malware Variant Used Obfuscation and Incorporates IoT Device Scanner A new variant of the PyRoMine cryptocurrency mining malware has been discovered by security researchers at Fortinet. The Pythod-based malware variant has been named PyRoMineIoT. ... Read more
Security Breaches June 14, 2018 RansomCloud Attack Encrypts Cloud-Based Emails Ransomware may be more commonly used to encrypt files on business networks, although that does not mean consumers are in the clear. Cybercriminals may target ... Read more
Compliance June 13, 2018 Sophos Adds Deep Learning to Email Security Offering Sophos has announced a major update to its email security offering to help customers detect and block sophisticated new email threats. Sophos Email Security Advanced ... Read more
Trends & Reports June 12, 2018 Department of Justice Announces Arrest of 74 Business Email Compromise Scammers A coordinated law enforcement effort involving the FBI, U.S Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury, the US Postal Inspection Service, and law enforcement agencies in ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 11, 2018 Spammers Use iqy Files to Deliver Remote Access Trojan Macros have long been favored by cybercriminals as a method of installing malware. The macros launch VB, JavaScript and PowerShell scripts that download malware. Due ... Read more
Compliance June 8, 2018 Emergency Update Issued by Adobe to Patch Critical 0-Day Flaw in Flash Player Adobe has released an emergency update that addresses an actively exploited zero-day flaw in Flash Player that is being used in targeted attacks on Windows ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 7, 2018 New Capabilities of VPNFilter Malware Uncovered: More Routers Vulnerable that Initially Thought Security researchers at Cisco Talos, who identified VPNFilter malware last month, initially estimated that approximately half a million routers had been infected with the malware. ... Read more
Security Breaches June 6, 2018 92 Million Users of MyHeritage DNA Testing Service Affected by Data Breach MyHeritage, a provider of DNA testing services, has announced it has experienced a data breach that has impacted more than 92 million users. The breach ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 6, 2018 InfoSec Institute Now Has Largest Library of Security Awareness Training Content At the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018, the InfoSec Institute announced that its library of security awareness training content is now the ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 5, 2018 May Saw Massive Increase in TSB Phishing Scams There has been a massive increase in TSB phishing scams over the past month. In April, TSB bank transitioned to a new core banking system. ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 4, 2018 New Windows Zero Day JScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Disclosed A new Windows zero day remote code execution flaw has been identified. The flaw is present in Microsoft’s ECMAScript standard and affects the Jscript component ... Read more