July 17, 2019
Via: Security WeekUS telecoms company Sprint has informed some customers that their Sprint accounts have been accessed by hackers via a Samsung website. In a letter sent out to impacted customers, Sprint said it learned of unauthorized access to accounts on June […]
July 16, 2019
Via: The HillThe House passed legislation by voice vote on Monday intended to increase cybersecurity at the Small Business Administration (SBA) and separately approved a bill to help small businesses defend against cyber attacks. The SBA Cyber Awareness Act, sponsored primarily by […]
July 15, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityAnnual losses from cyberattacks averaged $4.7 million in the last fiscal year — with more than one in 10 firms losing over $10 million —according to a new report from ESI ThoughtLab in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson and other […]
July 11, 2019
Via: The HillA pair of House lawmakers from Florida have introduced new legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify voters and other parties of potential breaches to election systems. Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D) and Mike Waltz (R) […]
July 10, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityWorldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will more than double over the 2019-2023 forecast period, according to IDC. With a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.3%, public cloud spending will grow from $229 billion in 2019 […]
Network security, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
July 9, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityThere is a steady increase in attacks and changes in attack methods that target weaknesses in encryption, workload configuration, limited visibility into vulnerabilities and outdated and unsupported operating systems, according to a research by Alert Logic. The research discovered 66% […]
July 9, 2019
Via: Security WeekThe Maryland Department of Labor has announced that databases containing personally identifiable information (PII) were accessed in a cyber-incident discovered earlier this year. As part of the data breach, unknown actors were able to access without authorization files stored on […]
July 8, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityFBI and ICE agents use the DMV photo database for facial recognition scanning without residents’ knowledge or consent, according to public documents spanning five years obtained by Georgetown Law researchers and shared with The Washington Post. This type of mass […]
Cyber-crime, Malware, Mobile, Mobile security
July 4, 2019
Via: Dark ReadingWannaLocker, a mobile lookalike of the infamous WannaCry ransomware, just got a little more dangerous. Researchers at Avast this week reported observing a new version of the malware that combines WannaCry’s user interface with new spyware, a banking Trojan, and […]
Data loss, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
July 4, 2019
Via: Security AffairsThe security expert Barak Tawily demonstrated that opening an HTML file on Firefox could allow attackers to steal files stored on a victim’s computer due to a 17-year-old known bug in the browser. The researcher published the details of the […]
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