Cybersecurity News
How to Stay Secure on GitHub
GitHub, used badly, can be a source of more vulnerabilities than successful collaborations. Here are ways to keep your development team from getting burned on GitHub.
18 August 2020
AWS Cryptojacking Worm Spreads Through the Cloud
The malware harvests AWS credentials and installs Monero cryptominers.
18 August 2020
Why Quality & Security Both Matter in Software
It's time to position quality and security as equals under the metric of software integrity.18 August 2020
Make a Difference: Serve on the 2021-2022 PCI SSC Board of Advisors
Every two years, PCI Security Standards Council asks its Participating Organizations to elect its next Board of Advisors. In this election by peers, companies have an opportunity to nominate candidates that they believe will best represent the interests of their organization, industry sector or region. As we enter the fall of 2020, it is election season once again and we begin the process of determining who will serve on the 2021-2022 PCI SSC Board of Advisors.
18 August 2020
Ukraine arrests gang who ran 20 crypto-exchanges and laundered money for ransomware gangs
Gang is believed to have laundered more than $42 million in criminal proceeds.18 August 2020
IcedID Trojan Rebooted with New Evasive Tactics
Juniper identifies phishing campaign targeting business customers with malware using password protection, among other techniques, to avoid detection.
18 August 2020
US Army report says many North Korean hackers operate from abroad
US Army says many North Korean hackers are actually located outside the hermit kingdom, in countries like Belarus, China, India, Malaysia, and Russia.18 August 2020
World's largest cruise line operator discloses ransomware attack
Carnival Corp says it suffered a ransomware attack on Saturday, August 15, and that hackers stole some of its data.17 August 2020
Firms Still Struggle to Prioritize Security Vulnerabilities
Security debt continues to pile up, with 42% of organizations attributing remediation backlogs to a breach, a new study shows.17 August 2020
Advent Completes Forescout Purchase
The purchase by a private equity fund was announced in February and completed today.17 August 2020
Reported Breach Count for H1 2020 Lowest in Five Years
While reported breach numbers are down, a handful of "mega" breaches resulted in more data records being exposed than ever before, analysis shows.17 August 2020
Cybersecurity Companies Among Smaller Firms Hit with Brand Spoofing
Researchers find smaller organizations, including some in the cybersecurity space, increasingly targeted with these impersonation attacks.17 August 2020
‘EmoCrash’ Exploit Stoppered Emotet For 6 Months
A researcher developed a killswitch exploiting a buffer overflow in Emotet - preventing the malware from infecting systems for six months.
17 August 2020
Microsoft's Control Flow Guard comes to Rust and LLVM compilers
Clang and rustc compilers can now compile CFG-enabled Windows binaries.17 August 2020
REvil Ransomware Hits Jack Daniel's Manufacturer
Attackers who targeted US spirits manufacturer Brown-Forman reportedly stole a terabyte of confidential data.17 August 2020
Should I Segment my IoT Devices Onto Their Own Networks?
Understanding the criticality and importance of the device determines the level of segmentation.
17 August 2020
Jack Daniels, Ritz London Face Cyberattacks
The REvil ransomware and savvy phone scammers have exposed sensitive information.
17 August 2020
Crypto-mining worm steal AWS credentials
TeamTNT has become the first crypto-minining botnet to include a feature that scans and steal AWS credentials.17 August 2020
Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Canadian Tax, Benefit Accounts
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) suspended online services after accounts were hit in a third wave of credential stuffing attacks this weekend - giving bad actors access to various government services.
17 August 2020
The IT Backbone of Cybercrime
Like their counterparts who run legitimate businesses, cybercriminals need hosting and cybersecurity protection, too.17 August 2020