Cybersecurity News


Ransomware Gone Awry Has Fatal Consequences

An attack that knocked hospital systems offline ends in death for patient who had to be sent to another facility.
17 September 2020

Sumo Logic IPO Prices Higher Than Expected

Co-founder and CTO Christian Beedgen explains what this means for the future of the cloud-based data analytics company.
17 September 2020

US charges Iranian hackers for breaching US satellite companies

Three suspects were indicted, with one being a famous security researcher.
17 September 2020

Mozilla shuts down Firefox Send and Firefox Notes services

Mozilla will shut down Send for good after a ZDNet report over the summer that highlighted the service's popularity with malware operators.
17 September 2020

Time for CEOs to Stop Enabling China's Blatant IP Theft

Protecting intellectual property in the name of US economic and national security should be part of every company's fiduciary duty.
17 September 2020

Google Play Bans Stalkerware and ‘Misrepresentation’

Google Play Bans Stalkerware and ‘Misrepresentation’ The official app store is taking on spy- and surveillance-ware, along with apps that could be used to mount political-influence campaigns.
17 September 2020

First death reported following a ransomware attack on a German hospital

Death occurred after a patient was diverted to a nearby hospital after the Duesseldorf University Hospital suffered a ransomware attack.
17 September 2020

APT41 Operatives Indicted as Sophisticated Hacking Activity Continues

APT41 Operatives Indicted as Sophisticated Hacking Activity Continues Five alleged members of the China-linked advanced threat group and two associates have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, on dozens of charges.
17 September 2020

California Elementary Kids Kicked Off Online Learning by Ransomware

California Elementary Kids Kicked Off Online Learning by Ransomware The attack on the Newhall District in Valencia is part of a wave of ransomware attacks on the education sector, which shows no sign of dissipating.
17 September 2020

Struggling to Secure Remote IT? 3 Lessons from the Office

The great remote work experiment has exacerbated existing challenges and exposed new gaps, but there are things to be learned from office challenges.
17 September 2020

Plugging in a strange USB drive – What could possibly go wrong?

While wanting to return a found USB flash drive is commendable, you should avoid taking unnecessary risks, lest your device get infested and your data compromised.

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17 September 2020

Human biohacking: an exciting prospect, but only for the rich?

“You want a monkey tail? Good for you.”
17 September 2020

Google 'formally' bans stalkerware apps from the Play Store

Ban is meaningless as Google leaves a giant loophole in the rules, allowing stalkerware devs to rebrand their apps as child trackers.
16 September 2020

What's on Your Enterprise Network? You Might be Surprised

The strangest connected devices are showing up, and the threats they pose to security should not be overlooked.
16 September 2020

US charges two Iranian hackers for years-long cyber-espionage, cybercrime spree

US government says the two hacked targets at the behest of the Iranian regime and for their personal financial gain.
16 September 2020

Likely Links Emerge Between Lazarus Group and Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals

Researchers examine security incidents over the past several years that seemingly connect North Korea's Lazarus Group with Russian-speaking attackers.
16 September 2020

Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

U.S. authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
16 September 2020

DDoS Attacks Rose 151% in First Half of 2020

Attacks grew in number, size, and sophistication as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
16 September 2020

h2c Smuggling: A New 'Devastating' Kind of HTTP Request

h2c Smuggling: A New 'Devastating' Kind of HTTP Request The newly discovered form of HTTP request smuggling could have widespread impact because any proxy can be affected, researchers say. Here's what infosec pros should know.
16 September 2020

h2c Smuggling: A New 'Devastating' Kind of HTTP Request Smuggling

h2c Smuggling: A New 'Devastating' Kind of HTTP Request Smuggling The newly discovered form of HTTP request smuggling could have widespread impact because any proxy can be affected, researchers say. Here's what infosec pros should know.
16 September 2020