Tag: Threats & Malware

April 29, 2016

If an exotic quantum computer is invented that could break the codes we depend on to protect confidential electronic information, what will we do to maintain our security and privacy? That’s the overarching question posed by a new report from […]

April 28, 2016

Cyberwar against ISIS could bring into play tools and tactics that corporate security pros face every day, only this time they will be used as part of a larger objective than criminal profit. The goals of the offensive are to […]

April 27, 2016

When it comes to passwords, one piece of advice we give our readers is to use password managers / vaults to help them maintain, keep track of, and store away account logins that are impossible to recall by memory on […]

April 26, 2016

Bit by bit, indications about how the attackers who targeted Bangladesh’s central bank managed to take off with some $80 milllion (of the nearly $1 billion they aimed for) via fraudulent transfers are coming to light. First it was established […]

April 26, 2016

Ransomware hitting mobile devices is not nearly as widespread as that which targets computers, but Blue Coat researchers have discovered something even less common: mobile ransomware delivered via exploit kit. The ransomware in question calls itself Cyber.Police (the researchers have […]

April 26, 2016

Worldwide spending on Internet of Things security will reach $348 million in 2016, a 23.7 percent increase from 2015 spending of $281.5 million, according to Gartner. Furthermore, spending on IoT security is expected to reach $547 million in 2018. “It’s […]

April 25, 2016

Cisco has released software updates to patch several critical and high severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the company’s Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) products. The most serious of the flaws, rated critical, is an issue related to the HTTP URL redirect […]

April 25, 2016

For its latest report, Vectra analyzed data from 120 customer networks comprised of more than 1.3 million hosts over the first quarter of 2016. All organizations showed signs of targeted attacks including internal reconnaissance, lateral movement or data exfiltration. Of […]

August 27, 2015

Surely this has happened to you before: you’re browsing online and you come across a blog or website that has a plugin for Chrome that you think looks interesting or useful. You check out the developer’s website, have a look […]

August 19, 2015

Most cybersecurity work is geared towards finding ways to prevent intrusions – passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, to name a few – and to identify the “chinks in the armor” that need to be sealed. The characteristics of malware are shared […]