Trends & Reports January 12, 2017 Agari Reports 6-Month Revenue Growth of 95% Over the past 6 months, the anti-phishing solution provider Agari has enjoyed 95% revenue growth, helped by uptake of its new Enterprise Protect™ platform – ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 12, 2017 2017 Global Application and Network Security Report Published by Radware A recent survey conducted by Radware, and published in its 2016-2017 Global Application and Network Security report, shows that almost half of companies have been ... Read more
Security Breaches January 12, 2017 Attacks on Misconfigured MongoDB Databases Soar Over the past two weeks, there has been a spate of attacks on misconfigured MongoDB databases with the attackers wiping data and issuing Bitcoin ransom ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 11, 2017 IronScales Adds Automated Server-Side Remediation to its Anti-Phishing Solution IronScales has improved its IronTraps™ phishing mitigation technology allowing security teams to automatically mitigate phishing attacks. Previously, the IronTraps™ solution required manual mitigation of threats. ... Read more
Compliance January 11, 2017 13 Updates Issued by Adobe: 42 Critical Flash, Reader and Acrobat Flaws Addressed The first Patch Tuesday of 2017 has seen Adobe issue 13 updates for Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Reader. The updates address 42 critical ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 11, 2017 Agari Appoints New Chief Financial Officer The past two years has seen cybersecurity firm Agari enjoy rapid growth, helped by the release of its anti-spear phishing platform, Enterprise Protect™. Ensuring that ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 11, 2017 January 2017 Patch Tuesday: Four Updates Issued by Microsoft January 2017 Patch Tuesday sees one of the lightest updates for Microsoft. The updates are spread across just four security bulletins, two of which have ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 10, 2017 FDA Confirms Vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical Devices The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its investigation into claims that vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical devices could be remotely exploited ... Read more
Compliance January 10, 2017 $475,000 Presense Healthcare HIPAA Settlement Agreed with OCR The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced a $475,000 Presense Healthcare HIPAA settlement has been agreed. This is the ... Read more
Security Breaches January 9, 2017 ESEA Hacking Incident Results in Leaking of 1.5 Million Player Profiles E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has announced it has been the victim of an extortion attempt after a hacker infiltrated one of its game servers. The ... Read more
Security Breaches January 9, 2017 Los Angeles Valley College Ransomware Attack: 28K Paid for Key A Los Angeles Valley College ransomware attack on January 6, 2017 resulted in student data being locked and 1,800 college administrators and teachers being prevented ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 4, 2017 Global Cybercrime Costs Will Top $6 Trillion in 5 Years A recent report published by Cybersecurity Ventures suggests global cybercrime costs will double over the next five years. Global cybercrime costs in 2015 are estimated ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 4, 2017 Twitter Credit Card Phishing Scam Offers Quick Account Verification A new Twitter credit card phishing scam has been detected by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. Twitter users are offered verified account status via native Twitter ads; ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 3, 2017 Switcher Trojan Infects Wi-Fi Routers via Android Mobiles An incredibly dangerous new Trojan has been detected by Kaspersky Lab which is being used to attack Wi-Fi routers via Android devices. The new malware ... Read more
Security Breaches January 2, 2017 New Leet Botnet Used in 650Gbps DDoS Attack A new botnet has been discovered to almost rival Mirai. The Leet botnet is capable of performing DDoS attacks of at least 650 Gbps 2016 ... Read more
Compliance December 30, 2016 New Hampshire Hospital Data Breach Result of Human Error A recent New Hampshire Hospital data breach has resulted in the disclosure of the protected health information of 15,000 patients. The Department of Health and ... Read more
Security Breaches December 29, 2016 Ransomware Attackers Target the Industrial Sector with KillDisk Variant Throughout 2016, ransomware gangs have targeted the healthcare sector with increased rigor. However, a new ransomware variant has been developed that is being used to ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 27, 2016 Final Cybersecurity Guidance on Medical Devices Issued by FDA Final cybersecurity guidance on medical devices has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 30-page document augments previous guidance published by ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 27, 2016 PhishLine Announces Partnership with Complete Solution Finder PhishLine has announced a new partnership with the Singapore-based information security system distributor, Complete Solution Finder. PhishLine is a leading provider of security awareness training. ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 26, 2016 Microsoft Admits Its Windows 10 Update Policy Was Too Aggressive The aggressive tactics used by Microsoft to get push its Windows 10 upgrade annoyed many users. Many Windows users felt they were being bombarded with ... Read more
Compliance December 22, 2016 63% Increase in Healthcare Data Breaches in 2016 There has been a 63% increase in major healthcare data breaches in 2016, according to the 2016 Healthcare Cyber Breach Report from cybersecurity firm TrapX. ... Read more
Cyber Threats December 22, 2016 Ticno Trojan Downloader Mimics Windows Dialog Box A new Trojan downloader has been identified by Russian antivirus firm Dr. Web, which installs malicious payloads – currently adware – using a popup Windows ... Read more
Security Breaches December 20, 2016 Yahoo Breach the Work of Cybercriminals with Nation-State Connections Data from the Yahoo breach of 1 billion user accounts has already been sold on the black market on multiple occasions, according to InfoArmor. While ... Read more
Cyber Threats December 20, 2016 Over 400,000 New Phishing Webpages are Created Every Day Cybercriminals are now creating record numbers of phishing sites and are using those sites to steal login and email credentials and credit card information. The ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 20, 2016 Cloud Cruiser Releases Enhanced Version of its Cloud Consumption Analytics SaaS Application Cloud Cruiser has announced the release of a new version of its cloud consumption analytics SaaS application. The new release includes enhanced budgeting capabilities to ... Read more
Compliance December 16, 2016 November 2016 Breach Barometer Report: Worst Month for Health Data Breaches The November 2016 Breach Barometer Report from Protenus provides a snapshot of the state of healthcare data security, cataloging the health data breaches that occurred ... Read more
Security Breaches December 16, 2016 Samsa Ransomware Nets Criminals at Least $450,000 in a Year The cybercriminals who have been infecting consumers and businesses with the ransomware variant SamSa have reportedly extorted $450,000 from businesses and consumers over the past ... Read more
Security Breaches December 16, 2016 70% of Businesses Infected With Ransomware Pay Up A recent study conducted on behalf of IBM Security has clearly demonstrated why ransomware has proved so popular with cybercriminals. Out of 600 businesses that ... Read more
Compliance December 16, 2016 Agari’s Chief Scientist Helps Organizations Understand Social Engineering Based Scams Criminals have been using social engineering techniques for centuries to con victims into handing over their hard-earned money. However, cybercriminals are now using advanced social ... Read more
Security Breaches December 15, 2016 2015 Ashley Madison Data Breach Results in $1.75 Million Fines The 2015 Ashley Madison data breach that exposed the credentials of more than 37 million would-be adulterers has resulted in fines of $17.5 million being ... Read more