Infosecurity News
Ransomware Strikes a Group of German Hospitals
This state of affairs has knocked them offline and reduced doctors to swapping handwritten notes instead of emails.
Whaling Spikes $2 billion in Just Two Years
FBI sees sharp rise in CEO email fraud
Google’s Anti-DDoS Project Shield Launches to Protect Free Speech
Service will be available for vulnerable organizations
2016 Watch: Advanced EKs, Malware and Encrypted Hacks
Dell Security outlines key trends to watch in 2016.
Most Popular Enterprise Mobile Apps Leak Data
Surveillance data can be used to launch effective spear phishing attacks, which puts the enterprise at risk of a major breach.
Trojan Porn Clicker Initiative Infects Millions via Google Play
This family of malicious apps masquerades as popular games or apps in order to bypass Google’s security checks.
Child Monitoring Biz Attacks Researcher After Privacy Snafu
Online tussle follows discovery of misconfigured database at uKnowKids
UK Cybercrime Soars 20% in Two Years
PwC report claims 60% of firms don’t believe police can handle it
Nissan Disables App After Remote Hack Demo
Researchers claim attackers could control vehicle functions
Printers on Default Settings Still Open Backdoors
wireless-enabled printers remain deployed in a potentially vulnerable default configuration
Operation Dust Storm State Hackers Target Japan
Cylance report claims group has been around since 2010
MouseJack Flaw Affects Billions of Devices
Attackers can remotely hack wireless mice from within 100 meters away.
Most SSL VPNs are Wildly Insecure
SHA-1, Heartbleed and the insecure SSLv3 protocol all plague the arena.
Last Year 700 Million Records Were Compromised
Gemalto study points to ID theft as chief cause
TEISS - Brexit Will be Damaging for Information Sharing Initiatives
The potential British exit from the European Union could disrupt an engine for economic growth.
Riskware Bypasses Apple’s Code Reviewers
ZergHelper pulled from China App Store
Spam Volume Falls in 2015
Financial institutions such as banks, payment systems and online shops were attacked most often with phishing emails.
PCI DSS 3.2 Expected as Soon as March
Card data security standard is moving to smaller update cycle
One-Third of IT Staff Are Hackers
33% of respondents in a survey admitted to successfully hacking their own or another organization.
Akamai Bot Manager Takes Aim at Bot Traffic
60% of an organization’s Web traffic may be generated by programs that operate as an agent for a user or another program.
