Tag: Cybersecurity

April 24, 2018

.bit domains are increasingly being used to hide payloads, stolen data, and command and control servers, FireEye says. In a troubling trend for enterprises and law enforcement, threat actors are ramping up their use of blockchain domains to hide malicious […]

April 24, 2018

Drupal developers announced on Monday that versions 7.x, 8.4.x and 8.5.x of the content management system (CMS) will receive a new security update later this week. The Drupal core updates, scheduled for April 25 between 16:00 and 18:00 UTC, will […]

April 18, 2018

The first version of the SamSam (a.k.a. Samas or SamsamCrypt) ransomware was developed and released in late 2015 by a group of threat actors believed to reside in Eastern Europe. The group itself is mostly a mystery, but the code […]

April 13, 2018

Cybersecurity experts say defense contractors are facing more aggressive attacks as nation states and other hacking groups increasingly use malicious software to block information or manipulate data. The companies that provide U.S. military and intelligence agencies with products and services […]

April 10, 2018

Last October the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) published a technical alert on advanced persistent threat (APT) activity targeting energy and other critical infrastructure sectors. Recently, it was updated with new information uncovered since the original report, and […]

April 4, 2018

When cybersecurity executives head to the RSA Conference, they will be looking for information about threat intelligence, SOAPA, business risk, and changing security perimeters. I’ve spent a good amount of time talking to CISOs over the past few months to […]

April 2, 2018

Hackers made off with a whopping 5 million credit and debit card numbers from Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, and Lord & Taylor, placing it “among the most significant credit card heists in modern history.” Parent company Canada-based Hudson’s […]

April 2, 2018

With an ever-growing list of security and compliance requirements, security can hinder or slow business initiatives. Is your security department stuck in slow gear or can it go faster? There’s a fundamental push and pull between business and security that […]

March 30, 2018

Cisco has patched more than 30 vulnerabilities in its IOS software, including a critical remote code execution flaw that exposes hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of devices to remote attacks launched over the Internet. A total of three […]

March 29, 2018

April Fools’ Day is definitely the day of the year when everyone has their guard up. Hackers know that and tend to be extra active on April 1st. How? With the simplest maneuvers to trick users into clicking on links, […]