September 28, 2016 Hacking Group Holds WestPark Capital to Ransom After stealing data from a number of healthcare organizations and demanding a ransom not to release the information, the hacking group TheDarkOverlord has now targeted ... Read more
September 26, 2016 11% of UK IT Professional Do Not Know What Ransomware is A survey of UK IT decision makers has revealed that 69% of large organizations in the United Kingdom expect to be attacked with ransomware in ... Read more
September 22, 2016 Yahoo Data Breach Confirmed: 500 Million Users Affected Two months ago, a massive Yahoo data breach appeared to have been uncovered. The records of more than 200 million Yahoo email account holders seemed ... Read more
September 20, 2016 The Cost of a Cyberattack: Enterprises Pay $861,000 per Incident The cost of a cyberattack has now increased to $861,000 for large businesses and SMBs pay an average of $86,500 to resolve security incidents, according ... Read more
September 16, 2016 Malicious Microsoft Publisher Files Used in Phishing Attacks on Businesses Hackers are using malicious Microsoft Publisher files to create backdoors in Windows computers. The files are being used in targeted attacks on businesses, with a ... Read more
September 15, 2016 ClixSense Data Breach Reported: 6.6 Million Users Affected A massive ClixSense data breach has occurred that has resulted in a treasure trove of user data being obtained by hackers. In total, the ClixSense ... Read more
September 15, 2016 IoT Security Breaches Are Easily Avoidable, Says Online Trust Alliance Many IT security professionals are concerned about IoT security breaches and with good reason. Wearable devices in particular pose a big security risk. Many industry ... Read more
September 15, 2016 2016 Intel Security Threat Report Casts Light on Extent of the Ransomware Problem The 2016 Intel Security Threat Report reveals that ransomware attacks have increased by 3000% since records first started being kept in 2012. The number of ... Read more
September 14, 2016 The Average Cost of Insider Data Breaches is $4.3 Million Per Year A recently published study from the Ponemon Institute has highlighted the high cost of insider data breaches. On average, insider data breaches now cost companies ... Read more
September 13, 2016 World Anti-Doping Agency Cyberattack: Olympics Stars’ Medical Files Published The medical records of a number of leading U.S athletes have been leaked online. The data came from a hack of the World Anti-Doping Agency ... Read more
September 13, 2016 Defenses Against Ransomware Must be Improved, Says FTC Chair FTC Chair, Edith Ramirez believes that more needs to be done to deal with the ransomware threat and says defenses against ransomware must be improved. ... Read more
September 12, 2016 RAA Ransomware Tweaked to Attack Businesses A new variant of RAA ransomware has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab. The new RAA ransomware variant has been developed to make it more effective ... Read more
September 12, 2016 USB Killer Uses Electrical Attacks to Destroy Devices Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a USB device – USB Killer – that appears to be just like any other Flash drive. However, plugging ... Read more
September 9, 2016 Survey Reveals Extent of UK Ransomware Infections A recent survey conducted on more than 300 IT decision makers has revealed the extent of UK ransomware infections and provides some interesting insights into ... Read more
September 8, 2016 SANS Institute Survey Casts Light on Data Breach Prevention Practices Data breaches are costing U.S companies dearly, yet even though organizations have been adopting new data breach prevention practices, data is being accessed and stolen ... Read more
September 8, 2016 FTC Fall Technology Series Explores the Ransomware Threat A panel discussion at the Federal Trade Commission Fall Technology Series in Washington DC extensively covered the ransomware problem: One of the biggest cybersecurity threats ... Read more
September 8, 2016 Plug and Play USB Attack Technique That Opens Locked PCs and Macs An alarming new hacking has been discovered that will let an individual gain access to a locked computer within 20 seconds: The plug and Play ... Read more
September 8, 2016 CryLocker Ransomware Claims 8,000 Victims in Two Weeks CryLocker ransomware is spreading fast. In the past two weeks, the malicious file-encrypting crypto-ransomware variant has infected more than 8,000 computers. According to MalwareHunterTeam researchers, ... Read more
September 6, 2016 98 Million Records from 2012 Rambler.ru Data Breach Dumped The Rambler.ru data breach that occurred on February 17, 2012 involved the theft of usernames, plain text passwords, ICQ numbers, and other internal data. In ... Read more
September 1, 2016 2012 Last.fm Data Breach Affects 43 Million Users A number of mega breaches have come to light in 2016. The list continues to grow, with news that the data from a 2012 Last.fm ... Read more
September 1, 2016 1.1 Billion Records Exposed in 2016 Data Breaches According to a new data breach report published by Risk Based Security, more than 1.1 billion records have been exposed or stolen in the first ... Read more
August 31, 2016 New York State Psychiatric Institute Data Breach Reported A New York State Psychiatric Institute data breach that occurred between April 28 and May 4, 2016 has recently been announced. On June 16, 2016, ... Read more
August 30, 2016 Mega Dropbox Data Breach Uncovered: 68 Million Passwords Stolen A Dropbox data breach from 2012 has just been uncovered. A dataset including usernames (email addresses) and encrypted passwords has recently been provided to a ... Read more
August 18, 2016 OCR Data Breach Investigations to Be Increased for Sub-500 Record Breaches The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right is the main enforcer of HIPAA Rules. All complaints about potential violations of HIPAA ... Read more
August 11, 2016 Why the Visual Hacking Threat Should Not Be Ignored The visual hacking threat should not be ignored. Visual hacking is easy to pull off and in the majority of cases attempts to steal data ... Read more
August 10, 2016 Professional Dermatology Care Ransomware Attack Reported A Professional Dermatology Care ransomware attack has been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, in accordance with Health ... Read more
August 9, 2016 Attempted Fraud Reports Suggest Optometry Association Data Breach An optometry association data breach is suspected to have occurred in which the sensitive data of optometrists and optometry students were stolen. Those data appear ... Read more
August 8, 2016 Newkirk Products Data Breach Impacts 3.3 Million Individuals The recently announced Newkirk Products data breach impacts at least 13 health insurers and healthcare providers, and reportedly affects as many as 3.3 million health ... Read more
August 1, 2016 DHC Issues Message on Federal Government Cyber Incident Reporting The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a message on Federal Government cyber incident reporting. The document explains the importance of contacting the correct ... Read more
July 27, 2016 Free Stampedo Ransomware Decryptor Available A Stampedo ransomware decryptor has been posted by Emisoft which can be used by healthcare organizations to unlock data that have been encrypted by Stampedo ... Read more