Infosecurity News
MSSPs Waste Hours of Time on False Alerts
A full 44% of respondents report a 50% or higher false-positive rate on security alerts.
Lazarus Rises Again with Aggressive Bitcoin-Stealing Campaign
The campaign uses implants that have never before been seen and indicate a newly sophisticated level of attack.
IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers
Big Blue also warns of new Notes vulnerability
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites
ICO, NHS, US Courts and many other government sites hit
Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours
Russia suspected of pre-ceremony cyber-attack
Server-Side Exploits Take the Lead for Financially Motivated Hackers
At the same time, the number of known vulnerabilities doubled in 2017.
Niche Cryptocurrency Dentacoin Expands Focus and Gains Momentum
Dentacoin is coming to North America for the first time.
Roku-Based Smart TVs Open to Remote Takeover
Hackers can pump the volume to blaring levels, cycle through channels, open disturbing YouTube content or kick the TV off Wi-Fi.
RSA Security: Consumers Falsify Data to Safeguard PII
Majority would also boycott firms with poor track record on data security
Apple Calms Nerves After GitHub Code Leak
Smartphone giant says there’s nothing to worry about from iBoot leak
Over 19 Million Californian Voter Records Held for Ransom Again
Newspaper’s error means firewall was down for two weeks
Air Gaps, Faraday Cages Can't Deter Hackers After All
One method exploits the magnetic field generated by a computer's CPU.
Litecoin Emerges as Most Popular Dark Web Currency, After Bitcoin
Surprisingly, it's not Dash.
81% of Cybersecurity Pros See Value in Threat Intelligence
68% of organizations are currently creating or consuming threat data.
Fraud Attempts Soar 113% in Q4
Bots and breached credentials continue to fuel insatiable rise
Global Arrests as $530m Carding Forum Folds
Infraud Organization inflicted $2.2bn in intended losses
Swisscom Breach Hits 10% of Swiss Population
Telecoms firm says intruders got in via sales partner's access rights
Uber CISO: "No Justification" for Failure to Disclose Massive Breach
“It was wrong not to disclose the breach earlier,” said John Flynn, speaking at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
42% of the Web's Top Sites Are Compromised
Sites are running vulnerable software, have been breached or have been used to distribute malware.
ShurL0ckr Ransomware Evades Malware Detection in Google Drive, O365
Further analysis showed that a full 44% of scanned organizations had some form of malware in at least one of their cloud applications.
