Infosecurity News
Insiders Blamed for Over a Quarter of Breaches
Verizon report highlights risk of human error and misuse
Brazilian Criminals Use HTTP Injectors to Gain Free Mobile Internet Access
The injectors modify HTTP headers on network requests with malicious code; the code then tricks captive portals into connecting to the internet.
17% of Workers Fall for Social Engineering Attacks
More than a quarter (27%) of recipients clicked the link in mock phishing mails.
Fraudsters Are Stealing Corporate Funds with Tampered Debit Cards
An elaborate fraud is bent on draining the bank accounts of large corporations.
GDPR Privacy Policy Fail: Only 34% of EU Sites Compliant
Firms need to up their game ahead of deadline next month
Consumer Crypto-miners Soar 4000% in Q1
Malwarebytes sees nefarious mining activity continue to hit users and businesses
Cisco Protocol Abused by Nation State Hackers
Over 160,000 systems remain vulnerable, says Talos
Raróg Crypto-Miner Allows Affordable Criminality
It mines unsuspecting victim machines for Monero and other virtual currencies, but its most unusual characteristic is how cheap it is.
One-Fifth of Open-Source Serverless Apps Have Critical Vulnerabilities
According to PureSec's audit, most vulnerabilities and weaknesses were caused by human error.
Sears/Delta Card Breach Widens to Include Best Buy
The culprit is a cybersecurity breach at third-party software provider, [24]7.ai, which provides online automated chat.
Echoes of Mirai: New IoT Botnet Targets Financial Firms
Recorded Future warns of likely IoTroop activity in January
Hospitals Exposed by Connected Devices
Trend Micro warns of growing attack surface and supply chain risk
Breached Records Fall 25% as Cloud Misconfigurations Soar
Cyber-criminals focused on ransomware in 2017, says IBM
Sears, Kmart and Delta Hit with Payment-Card Breach
The breach was at a third-party firm that provides online customer support services to all three companies.
Rampant Misconfigurations Expose 1.5 Billion Sensitive Corporate Files
The volume of exposed data in the study totaled 12 petabytes, 4,000 times the size of the Panama Papers leak.
100% of Web Apps Contain Vulnerabilities
All apps tested by Trustwave displayed at least 1 vulnerability, with 11 as the median number detected per application.
Intel Halts Spectre Patching for Some Chips
Chip giant to focus on newer models, as research highlights growing update challenges
Pyongyang Hackers Could be Major Future Threat: Parliament
China pegged for supporting North Korea hacking efforts
Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Facebook Says 87m Users Affected
Social network on charm offensive with new privacy features
Half of Cyber-Pros Believe They're Losing the Fight
They believe that in the next year they will struggle to deal with cyber-threats or be unable to defend against them.
