Cybersecurity News
Average Cost of a Data Breach: $116M
Sensitivity of customer information and time-to-detection determine financial blowback of cybersecurity breaches.24 June 2020
Black Hat Survey: Breach Concerns Hit Record Levels Due to COVID-19
Annual "Black Hat USA Attendee Survey" indicates unprecedented concern over possible compromises of enterprise networks and US critical infrastructure.24 June 2020
New Bill Targeting ‘Warrant-Proof’ Encryption Draws Ire

24 June 2020
Experts Denounce Racial Bias of Crime-Predictive Facial-Recognition AI

24 June 2020
Rethinking Enterprise Access, Post-COVID-19
New approaches will allow businesses to reduce risk while meeting the needs of users, employees, and third parties. Here are three issues to consider when reimagining enterprise application access.24 June 2020
CryptoCore hacker group has stolen more than $200m from cryptocurrency exchanges
The hacker group is believed to operate out of Eastern Europe, based on current evidence.24 June 2020
New Zealand freezes $90 million in BTC-e money laundering case
The ongoing case claims the owner of BTC-e permitted the platform to be used for money laundering.24 June 2020
New ransomware masquerades as COVID-19 contact-tracing app on your Android device
The malware surfaced just days after health officials in Canada announced the launch of a tracing app in the fight against COVID-19.24 June 2020
Twitter bans DDoSecrets account over 'BlueLeaks' police data dump
Twitter said DDoSecrets account leaked and promoted BlueLeaks, a huge collection of files stolen from more than 200 US police departments and fusion training centers.23 June 2020
New ransomware posing as COVID‑19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor
ESET researchers dissect an Android app that masquerades as an official COVID-19 contact-tracing app and encrypts files on the victim's device
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23 June 2020
Microsoft Previews Windows Defender ATP for Android
In addition, the first release of Defender ATP for Linux is now generally available.23 June 2020
Sodinokibi Ransomware Now Scans Networks For PoS Systems

23 June 2020
Twitter Says Business Users Were Vulnerable to Data Breach
The now-patched vulnerability left business users' personal information in web browser caches for anyone to find.23 June 2020
Twitter Says Biz Users Were Vulnerable to Data Breach
The now-patched vulnerability left business users' personal information in web browser caches for anyone to find.23 June 2020
Attackers Scanning for PoS Software in New Sodinokibi Ransomware Campaign
Making extra money from victims appears to be the goal, Symantec says.23 June 2020
Majority of new remote employees use their personal laptops for work
And many of them didn’t receive any new security training or tools from their employer to properly secure the devices, a study finds
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23 June 2020
Work From Home Opens New Remote Insider Threats

23 June 2020
Back to Basics with Cloud Permissions Management
By using the AAA permissions management framework for cloud operations, organizations can address authentication, authorization, and auditing.23 June 2020
Microsoft releases first public preview of its Defender antivirus on Android
Microsoft Defender ATP for Android available for testing for Defender ATP customers.23 June 2020
Cybercrime Infrastructure Never Really Dies
Despite the takedown of the "CyberBunker" threat operators in 2019, command-and-control traffic continues to report back to the defunct network address space.23 June 2020