Infosecurity News
Blockers Alone Won't Cure Malvertising Woes
Ad blockers don't go far enough to protect against malvertising, finds The Media Trust
174,000 Alerts per Week Besiege Security Teams
State of the SOAR Report finds SOCs only respond to 12,000 alerts per week
HP Launches First Bug Bounty Program for Printers
The company will offer rewards of up to $10,000
ICO Delivers £60K Fine to Nuisance Email Firm
Marketing company did not seek recipient consent
Silence Please: Researchers Uncover Two-Man Bank Heist Group
One member suspected of being current or former security bod
Nielsen Shareholder Sues Over GDPR Statements
Alleges that company misled over its preparedness
HackerOne Paid $500k in Bug Bounties at DEF CON
Hackers received a historically high payout at H1-702 2018.
Little Security Input in IoT Deployment Decisions
A new survey finds that security teams are not consulted on IoT projects nearly 62% of the time.
Collaborative NIST Project to Manage Privacy Risk
NIST launches a new privacy framework to give organizations strategies to mitigate privacy risks.
Business Email Fraud Attacks Jump 25%
Report reveals how cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting the humans within businesses
UK Teen Admits Mass Email Bomb Hoax
Nineteen-year-old also grounded United Airlines flight
Smart Home Users Failing on Security Basics
Bitdefender report claims many don’t patch firmware
BEC Fraud Hits 500K UK SMEs
Get Safe Online warns of 58% surge since 2017
Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Opsview Monitor
Opsview and Core Security worked together on a timeline to release fixes and publish an advisory.
Premera Blue Cross Accused of Destroying Computer
A class action lawsuit alleges foul play in preserving key evidence of data breach.
#CloudSec: Future CISOs More Integrated than Stressed in a Silo
How is the role of the CISO changing, and what is driving their capability to do the job?
MagentoCore Most Prolific Skimmer Campaign
7,339 e-commerce stores unknowingly host a Magento card skimmer.
#CloudSec: Arrested Teenage Hackers can be Cybersecurity’s Future Stars
It is important to know what is going on inside the cyber-criminal’s mind, and what their motivations are
Crypto Spat Sees BTG Delisted from Exchange After Attack
Bittrex removes Bitcoin Gold following May 51% attack
ICO Breach Reports Jump 75% as Human Error Dominates
External attacks accounted for just 12% of reports last year
