Cybersecurity News
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
Flurry of Warnings Highlight Cyber Threats to US Elections
FBI and intelligence officials issue fresh warnings about election interference attempts by Iranian and Russian threat actors.23 October 2020
Louisiana Calls Out National Guard to Fight Ransomware Surge
An investigation showed a custom backdoor RAT and the Emotet trojan in the networks of municipal victims of the attacks.
23 October 2020
US Treasury sanctions Russian research institute behind Triton malware
US imposes sanctions against Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM).23 October 2020
Election Security: Beyond Mail-In Voting
There are many areas of the election process that criminal hackers can target to influence election results.
23 October 2020
Apple notarizes six malicious apps posing as Flash installers
Apple notarization process bypassed for the second time in six weeks.23 October 2020
Georgia Election Data Hit in Ransomware Attack
With Election Day approaching, local governments need to be prepared for malware attacks on election infrastructure.
23 October 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine-Maker Hit with Cyberattack, Data Breach
Dr. Reddy's, the contractor for Russia’s “Sputinik V” COVID-19 vaccine and a major generics producer, has had to close plants and isolate its data centers.
23 October 2020
Phishing groups are collecting user data, email and banking passwords via fake voter registration forms
With the election window closing, phishing groups are striking the iron while it's hot.23 October 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Security challenges for connected medical devices – Zero-day in Chrome gets patched – How to avoid USB drive security woes
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23 October 2020
Nvidia Warns Gamers of Severe GeForce Experience Flaws
Versions of Nvidia GeForce Experience for Windows prior to 3.20.5.70 are affected by a high-severity bug that could enable code execution, denial of service and more.
23 October 2020
A Pause to Address 'Ethical Debt' of Facial Recognition
Ethical use will require some combination of consistent reporting, regulation, corporate responsibility, and adversarial technology.23 October 2020
Ransomware Takes Down Network of French IT Giant
Sopra Steria hit with cyber attack that reportedly encrypted parts of their network on Oct. 20 but has remained mostly mum on details.
23 October 2020