Cybersecurity News
Nearly 75% of SD-WAN Owners Lack Confidence Post-Digital Transformation
More businesses think SD-WAN will reduce WAN costs, but only 37% think SD-WANs will help defend against malware and other threats.21 January 2020
US Cyber Command was not prepared to handle the amount of data it hacked from ISIS
Operation Glowing Symphony was a success, but Cyber Command operators were not prepared for the amount of data they found in hacked ISIS accounts and servers.21 January 2020
FTCODE Ransomware Now Steals Chrome, Firefox Credentials
New versions of the ransomware now sniff out saved credentials for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Google Chrome and Microsoft Outlook.
21 January 2020
Data Awareness Is Key to Data Security
Traditional data-leak prevention is not enough for businesses facing today's dynamic threat landscape.21 January 2020
Microsoft Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Patch Forthcoming
CVE-2020-0674 is a critical flaw for most Internet Explorer versions, allowing remote code execution and complete takeover.
21 January 2020
FTCODE ransomware is now armed with browser, email password stealing features
Encrypting your PC isn’t enough -- hackers want your email passwords, too.21 January 2020
Did you really 'like' that? How Chameleon attacks spring in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Social networks impacted seem to disagree on the scope of the attack.21 January 2020
Elaborate Honeypot 'Factory' Network Hit with Ransomware, RAT, and Cryptojacking
A fictitious industrial company with phony employees personas, website, and PLCs sitting on a simulated factory network fooled malicious hackers - and raised alarms for at least one white-hat researcher who stumbled upon it.21 January 2020
14% of Android app privacy policies contain contradictions about data collection
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data collection practices.21 January 2020
UK's HMRC tax authority seeks tools to track down cryptocurrency criminals
The project bid could also indicate the desire to monitor the cryptocurrency assets of taxpayers.21 January 2020
7 Tips for Infosec Pros Considering A Lateral Career Move
Looking to switch things up but not sure how to do it? Security experts share their advice for switching career paths in the industry.
21 January 2020
Hacker Leaks More Than 500K Telnet Credentials for IoT Devices
Bad actor obtained passwords for servers, home routers, and smart devices by scanning internet for devices open to the Telnet port.
21 January 2020
Antivirus vendors push fixes for EFS ransomware attack method
Signature-based software may not be enough to protect Microsoft’s Windows EFS against evolving ransomware families.21 January 2020
3 ways to browse the web anonymously
Are you looking to hide in plain sight? Here’s a rundown of three options for becoming invisible online
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21 January 2020
3 ways to browse the web anonymously
Are you looking to hide in plain sight? Here’s a rundown of three options for becoming invisible online
The post 3 ways to browse the web anonymously appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
21 January 2020
China-Based Cyber Espionage Group Reportedly Behind Breach at Mitsubishi Electric
Personal data on over 8,100 individuals and confidential business information likely exposed in June 2019 incident.21 January 2020
When Away
Leaving your seat? Ctrl--Alt--Delete! Make sure you lock your workstation or laptop while you are away from it. On a Mac? Try Control--Shift--Eject/Power.21 January 2020
DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS
A Georgia man who co-founded a service designed to protect companies from crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has pleaded to paying a DDoS-for-hire service to launch attacks against others.20 January 2020
How Industry Collaboration Created a Unified PIN Standard
On the blog we discuss a joint collaboration between PCI SSC and ASC X9 to create a unified PIN standard with Troy Leach, Senior Vice President, of the PCI SSC and Steve Stevens, Executive Director of ASC X9. In response to industry feedback, the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (ASC X9) and the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) have recently completed a joint initiative to create one unified PIN Security Standard for payments stakeholders.
20 January 2020
Ubisoft sues operators of four DDoS-for-hire services
Ubisoft delivers on threats it made in September 2019 and goes after website selling DDoS services that were used to launch attacks against Rainbow Six Siege servers.20 January 2020