2017 seems to be the year of the ransomware- the very sophisticated malware which encrypts all files and data on your computer and then demands a ransom in return for decrypting them. Well, ransomware attacks have been showing an increasing trend since 2012, on an international level, but 2017 seems to have taken it to… Continue reading Top Ransomware Attacks of 2017
Month: November 2017
Bulletproof Coffee lacks bulletproof security: Nerd brain juice biz hacked, cards gulped
Buttered coffee second-nastiest thing on upstart’s website 27th November 2017 By Shaun Nichols Logo … How Bulletproof Coffee markets itself on its website The Silicon Valley-backed nutrition upstart specializing in butter-infused coffee says evil code injected into its website was covertly gulping customers’ payment card details for months. Bulletproof 360 Inc.,… Continue reading Bulletproof Coffee lacks bulletproof security: Nerd brain juice biz hacked, cards gulped
Microsoft Thanksgiving turkeys: One patch disappears, another yanked
If you’re just coming back from the long US Thanksgiving weekend, all sorts of Windows patch inanities await. The Epson dot matrix bug in this month’s security patches was fixed for older versions of Windows, but .NET patch KB 4049016 and others got pulled. 27th November 2017 By Woody Leonhard Thinkstock/Microsoft For those… Continue reading Microsoft Thanksgiving turkeys: One patch disappears, another yanked
US Charges Three Members of Elite Chinese Cyber-Espionage Unit
27th November 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu US authorities have acted on one of the worst-kept secrets in cyber-security and have filed official charges against three Chinese hackers part of one of China’s elite cyber-espionage unit. According to an indictment unsealed today by the Department of Justice (DOJ), officials have charged the three… Continue reading US Charges Three Members of Elite Chinese Cyber-Espionage Unit
Three Things to Consider Before Incorporating Machine Learning into Your Security Efforts
By Scott Simkin on November 27, 2017 We have been hearing a lot of buzz about artificial intelligence (AI) for years, but more recently, the discussion within the cybersecurity industry has centered around machine learning (ML), an approach to AI that focuses on using algorithms to sift through data, learn from it and inform… Continue reading Three Things to Consider Before Incorporating Machine Learning into Your Security Efforts
You may not be able to stop “spoofing” of your email address, but here’s what you can do
Email wasn’t designed to ensure that senders were who they say they are By Tamara Chuang | tchuang@denverpost.com | The Denver Post November 27, 2017 Q: I thought you had a contact about how to unspoof (spoofed emails from myself). I want it gone. If I have to close the account I will. ~Janet … Continue reading You may not be able to stop “spoofing” of your email address, but here’s what you can do
A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, around 100,000 IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours
November 26, 2017 By Pierluigi Paganini A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, experts observed around 100K IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours searching for flawed ZyXEL PK5001Z routers. According to Li Fengpei, a security researcher with Qihoo 360 Netlab, the publication of the proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code in a public vulnerabilities database… Continue reading A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, around 100,000 IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours
Data breach hits Department of Social Services credit card system
Exclusive: Data includes employees’ names, user names, work phone numbers, work emails and system passwords 23 November 2017 By Paul Karp The Department of Social Services has written to 8,500 current and former employees warning them their personal data held by a contractor has been breached. In letters sent in… Continue reading Data breach hits Department of Social Services credit card system
Imgur Suffered a Small Data Breach in 2014
By Catalin Cimpanu Only emails and password hashes were lost in the breach. Imgur said the passwords were hashed using the SHA-256 algorithm, currently deemed breakable, but at very high computational costs, and out of the reach of many lowly hackers. Imgur also said that in 2015 it switched password hashing operations to the more… Continue reading Imgur Suffered a Small Data Breach in 2014
Eight Arrests Made in Connection with $3.5M Credit Card Skimming Scheme
BY: David Bisson Federal and local authorities have arrested eight individuals in connection with a credit card skimming scheme that caused losses in excess of $3.5 million. On 17 November, representatives of the United States Attorney Western District of Kentucky’s office, Kentucky FBI division, Secret Service, and the Louisville Metro Police Department announced the indictments… Continue reading Eight Arrests Made in Connection with $3.5M Credit Card Skimming Scheme