Infosecurity News
Steganography Sees a Rise in 2017
McAfee has observed an increase in the use of images and videos to pass malicious information without detection.
Girl Scouts to Offer Cybersecurity Badges
GSUSA is partnering with Palo Alto on 18 new badges to be made available to girls in grades K-12 (ages 5 to 18).
Mexican Government Accused of Targeting Journos with Spyware
Citizen Lab report uncovers widespread campaign during 2015-16
Korean Hoster Coughs Up $1 Million to Ransomware Extorters
Nayana was hit by Erebus ransomware last week
ISACA Names 2017-2018 Board
ISACA has now named and installed its 2017-2018 Board of Directors, and has elected the Board Chair.
Nigerian Hackers Lift Reams of Info from Global Industrial Targets
There have been more than 500 attacked companies in more than 50 countries so far.
Moroccan Hackers Tried to Hack US Election: Report
Claims that MoRo group targeted schools first
Vaping, e-Cigarettes Can Be Used to Hack Computers
An e-cigarette could be used to intercept network traffic or control the computer.
TrickBot Targets PayPal, Salesforce.com
In May, there were two global campaigns showing new tactics for the banking trojan.
Ulster University Also Suffered Ransomware Outage This Week
Northern Ireland uni was hit on the same day as UCL
New IoT Botnet Targets IP Cameras
Trend Micro warns of a new IoT botnet targeting 1000 internet protocol (IP) cameras
UK Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing US Satellite Data
Sean Caffrey admitted hacking DoD user account details
Texas is the Top Target for Ransomware
SMBs in 10 states experienced a 500% increase in ransomware in March alone.
ISF: For Most Orgs, Threat Intelligence Fails to Deliver
There are five common problems at fault for this according to ISF, which laid out ways to remedy these.
World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex Crippled by DDoS
Attack has rendered IOTA deposits unavailable
Thai Police Bust Major Click Farm, Arresting Three
Chinese men allegedly paid by company back home to game system
UCL Hit by Major Ransomware Attack
Shared files remain read only after critical threat bypasses security filters
Slew of WiMAX Routers Open to Hijacking, Spying and Botnet Enslavement
An attacker can change the password of the admin user and wreak a range of havoc from there.
Phishing and Ransomware Awareness Unidentified by UK
Only 42% of UK respondents knew what ransomware was and only 17% could identify a phishing attack
Security and Development Teams Collaborate on Apps
DevOps is bringing disparate functions together, according to Veracode
