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
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
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
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
December 15, 2016 1Bn Accounts Compromised in 2013 Yahoo Cyberattack In September 2016, Yahoo announced it had been hacked and half a billion accounts were compromised; however, yesterday it was revealed that a 2013 Yahoo ... Read more
December 14, 2016 Madison County Pays $220,000 to Improve Defenses After Ransomware Attack The Madison County ransomware attack that took out many of the county’s computer systems last month could only be resolved by paying a $21,000 ransom ... Read more
December 12, 2016 Popcorn Time Ransomware Offers Victims A Criminal Choice Ransomware authors are constantly developing new ways to spread their malicious software and pull in more ransom payments; however, Popcorn Time ransomware – a new ... Read more
December 6, 2016 Dailymotion Cyberattack Impacts 85 Million Users According to LeakedSource, a recent Dailymotion cyberattack has resulted in email addresses, usernames, and passwords being obtained by hackers. Dailymotion is one of the leading ... Read more
December 2, 2016 Insider Breach Threat Main Concern of Half of IT Professionals Almost half of IT professionals believe the insider breach threat is more of a concern than the threat posed by hackers. Hackers may pose a ... Read more
December 1, 2016 IBM Reports Increase in VOIP Cyber Attacks A new report by IBM’s Security Intelligence team show there has been an increase in VOIP cyber attacks in 2016, with a significant increase in ... Read more
November 30, 2016 1.3 Million Google Accounts Compromised Due to Gooligan Malware Infection Israeli cybersecurity firm CheckPoint has discovered a new form of Android malware – Gooligan – that is spreading at an alarming rate. A Gooligan malware ... Read more
November 30, 2016 New Agari Study Shows 60% of Firms are Victims of Social Engineering Attacks The dangers of social engineering have been clearly highlighted by a recent Agari email security study. Agari commissioned the Information Security Media Group to conduct ... Read more
November 28, 2016 San Francisco Transport System Ransomware Attack Reported A San Francisco Transport System ransomware attack occurred this weekend that resulted computers used by the city’s light rail system being encrypted. The attackers demanded ... Read more
November 24, 2016 Princess Locker Ransomware Decryptor Released A security researcher from Poland – Hasherezade – has released a Princess Locker ransomware decryptor, which has been made available for victims of the ransomware ... Read more
November 18, 2016 Study Shows Fall in Organizational Resilience Against Cyberattacks This week, the Ponemon Institute published the results of its 2016 Cyber Resilient Organization study which showed that organizational resilience against cyberattacks is has fallen ... Read more
November 17, 2016 Symantec Named as Leader for Data Loss Prevention Solutions Symantec, the world’s leading cybersecurity firm, has recently been named as a ‘leader’ for data loss prevention solutions by the independent market research firm, Forrester ... Read more
November 17, 2016 New Ransomware Variant Blackmails Victims Researchers at Proofpoint have identified a new ransomware variant named Ransoc that uses different techniques to extort money from victims. Rather than encrypting a wide ... Read more
November 16, 2016 Light Cast on Cause of the Tesco Bank Hack The cause of the Tesco bank hack is not yet known, although security firm Digital Shadows has been narrowing down the possible causes that led ... Read more
November 15, 2016 CrySis Ransomware Decryptor Released Researchers at Kaspersyky Lab have released a CrySis ransomware decryptor that will allow the recovery of files encrypted by CrySis ransomware versions 2 and 3 ... Read more
November 15, 2016 Attackers Using ICMP Ping Floods to Take Down Enterprise Firewalls According to researchers from Danish telecom firm TDC, attackers are using ICMP ping floods to perform Denial of Service (DoS) attacks which are capable of ... Read more
November 15, 2016 Massive FriendFinder Data Breach Announced: 412 Million Records Exposed A massive FriendFinder data breach has been discovered that impacts more than 412 million users of six adult-oriented friendship, dating, and porn websites. Six databases ... Read more
November 11, 2016 Locky Ransomware Campaign Targets OPM Data Breach Victims The actors behind Locky ransomware have started using data from the OPM data breaches of 2014 and 2015 as part of a new campaign to ... Read more
November 11, 2016 $1 Million Settlement for 2013 Adobe Systems Data Breach Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has announced that a settlement has been reached for the 2013 Adobe Systems data breach that affected more than half ... Read more
November 10, 2016 Hackers May Have Used Cookies for Persistent Access to Yahoo Accounts Yahoo has revealed more about the massive data breach experienced in 2014 and says that in addition to the initial hack that provided hackers with ... Read more
November 10, 2016 2016: A Particularly Bad Year for Data Breaches Take a look at any of the websites that track data breaches and one thing is clear: Data breaches are now occurring much more frequently ... Read more
November 9, 2016 Madison County Ransomware Attack: Ransom Paid to Unlock Files A Madison County ransomware attack over the weekend has resulted in most of the Indiana county’s computer systems being taken out of action, causing major ... Read more
November 9, 2016 Can Antivirus Software Prevent Ransomware Attacks? Can antivirus software prevent ransomware attacks? It’s possible, but extremely unlikely according to a recent survey conducted by Barkly. The survey showed that out of ... Read more
November 4, 2016 BEC Attack on El Paso Resulted in Theft of $3.2 Million The threat from business email compromise attacks has been clearly highlighted by the recently discovered BEC attack on El Paso, TX. According to the Mayor ... Read more
November 3, 2016 Windows Flaw Already Being Exploited by Hackers Russian hackers have been actively exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities prior to Google’s announcement of the flaws. Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced the flaws, including how ... Read more
November 1, 2016 SSL-Based DDoS Attacks ‘Trend of Q3’, says Kaspersky Lab According to the latest threat intelligence report from Kaspersky Lab, cybercrime-as-a-service has proliferated in recent months and the cybercrime trend of the quarter is SSL-based ... Read more