Infosecurity News
MedSec Cardiac Device Hack Claims Bolstered by Third Party
Report from hired consultancy used in St Jude Medical court case
CloudFanta Malware Uses Popular Online Storage App to Infect Users
Its use of SugarSync demonstrates the effective use of cloud services for hosting malware by malicious threat actors.
Russian Hacker Indicted for LinkedIn, Dropbox Breaches
Yevgeniy Nikulin is currently under arrest in Prague
75% of Orgs Lack Cybersecurity Expertise
66% of respondents faced increased security risks due to this workforce shortage.
US Defense Department Launches Twin Bug Bounty Programs
The Crowdsourced Security Initiative will be a full-scale launch following the successful Hack the Pentagon pilot program.
Massive DDoS Attack Knocks Out Twitter, Box, Spotify
The DDoS attack targeted New Hampshire-based company Dyn and its managed DNS infrastructure.
US Secret Service Under Fire Over Security Failings
USSS IT set-up lacks leadership, audit claims
Trend Micro Launches XGen For Multi-Layered Endpoint Protection
New approach features 'high fidelity' machine learning for extra accuracy
Google Awards $100K Security Grant to University of California Team
The Shellphish team is the same team that won bronze at the DARPA-sponsored Cyber Grand Challenge over the summer.
Apple iOS Devices: Leakier Than Android
Millions of Apple iOS mobile devices are leaking information like the exact location of devices and their owners.
Fancy Bear Spying Targets 1000s, Including NATO, Political Leaders
The Kremlin-tied group has created legions of custom programs, backdoors, bootkits and rootkits to assist it in its spying.
Trump’s Turn to Face Questions Over Poor Email Security
Republican candidate’s corporate servers are wide open, says researchers
Routers Branded 'Achilles Heel' of Home and Small Biz Security
Eset research finds numerous vulnerabilities
Researchers Find Dangerous Intel Chip Flaw
Side channel issue may increase potency of cyberattacks
#ISC2CongressEMEA: Smart City Risk Factors Could Lead to Loss of Life
At the (ISC)2 Congress in Dublin, Ireland, on October 19, security analyst Megha Sharma presented her research and risk assessment of the three key areas in a smart city
TrickBot Banking Trojan, Heir to Dyre
TrickBot shares much in common with the Dyre malware, which became notorious in late 2014 and early 2015.
PassCV Targets Pokémon Go, Online Gaming Platforms
A large cluster of attacks against game developers uses malware designed to harvest stored passwords and log keystrokes.
City of London Hit by More Ransomware Than Some Countries
Cybercriminals target major financial institutions in Square Mile
#ISC2CongressEMEA: Why CEO Fraud Works and How to Stop it
CEO Fraud is the latest variation in a plethora of similar email-based cyber-attacks. It’s niche, but it has a 90% success rate
Nation-State Hackers Hit Japanese Nuclear Facility
They took 59,000 research files on the use of tritium, also known as Hydrogen-3, which is a key component of hydrogen bombs.
