Cybersecurity News
Neural Networks Help Users Pick More-Secure Passwords
Typically, blocklists are used to prevent users from picking easily guessable patterns, but a small neural network can do the same job and suggests that complex password requirements are not necessary.26 October 2020
Cybercriminals Extort Psychotherapy Patients Following Vastaamo Breach
An attacker is running a Tor site to leak the session notes of 300 patients at Vastaamo, a Finnish psychotherapy facility.26 October 2020
‘Among Us’ Mobile Game Under Siege by Attackers
Ongoing attacks on the wildly popular game Among Us are testing developers’ ability to keep up.
26 October 2020
Adware found in 21 Android apps with more than 7 million downloads
Six of the 21 apps are still available on the Google Play Store.26 October 2020
New Report Links Cybersecurity and Sustainability
Some have also created the role of chief sustainability officer, according to Kaspersky.26 October 2020
Containerd Bug Exposes Cloud Account Credentials
The flaw (CVE-2020-15157) is located in the container image-pulling process.
26 October 2020
Teach Your Employees Well: How to Spot Smishing & Vishing Scams
One of the best ways to keep employees from falling victim to these social-engineering attacks is to teach them the signs.
26 October 2020
Over 100 irrigation systems left exposed online without a password
More than half of the exposed systems are located inside Israel.26 October 2020
Vastaamo Breach: Hackers Blackmailing Psychotherapy Patients
Cybercriminals have already reportedly posted the details of 300 Vastaamo patients - and are threatening to release the data of others unless a ransom is paid.
26 October 2020
‘Among Us’ players hit by major spam attack
In-game chats were flooded with messages from somebody who tried to coerce players into subscribing to a dubious YouTube channel
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26 October 2020
Nando’s Hackers Feast on Customer Accounts
Multiple chicken diners said their usernames and passwords were stolen and the accounts used to place high-volume orders.
26 October 2020
Microsoft's Kubernetes Threat Matrix: Here's What's Missing
With a fuller picture of the Kubernetes threat matrix, security teams can begin to implement mitigation strategies to protect their cluster from threats.
26 October 2020
The Story of McAfee: How the Security Giant Arrived at a Second IPO
Industry watchers explore the story of McAfee, from its founding in 1987, to its spinoff from Intel, to how it's keeping up with competitors.26 October 2020
The rise of the social bandits: How politics, injustice shapes how we view hacktivism
If they don’t listen to us, do they deserve it?26 October 2020
KashmirBlack botnet behind attacks on CMSs like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, others
New KashmirBlack botnet is believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of websites since November 2019.26 October 2020
U.S. Levies Sanctions Against Russian Research Institution Linked to Triton Malware
The latest in a flurry of actions this week, tied to foreign threats against U.S. computer systems, includes sanctions by the Department of the Treasury.
23 October 2020
US Treasury Sanctions Russian Institution Linked to Triton Malware
Triton, also known as TRISIS and HatMan, was developed to target and manipulate industrial control systems, the US Treasury reports.23 October 2020
Cybercriminals Could be Coming After Your Coffee
Researchers show no IoT device is too small to fall victim to ransomware techniques.
23 October 2020
Cybercriminals Could be Coming After Your Coffee
Researchers show no IoT device is too small to fall victim to ransomware techniques.
23 October 2020
IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an explosion in the number of connected devices, have led to a swelling in IoT infections observed on wireless networks.
23 October 2020