Security News > 2017 > February

Rook Security on Online Extortion (Threatpost)
2017-02-21 16:00

Mat Gangwer, CTO, and Tom Gorup, Security Operations Lead, at Rook Security talk to Mike Mimoso about the aggressive rise in online extortion and how it threatens not only data but physical safety.

Windows Botnet Spreading Mirai Variant (Threatpost)
2017-02-21 15:51

A Windows-based botnet is spreading a Mirai variant that is also capable of spreading to Linux systems under certain conditions, Kaspersky Lab researchers said.

Detecting PLC malware in industrial control systems (Help Net Security)
2017-02-21 15:43

How can attackers load programmable logic controllers (PLC) with destructive malware, and how can the operators of industrial control systems (ICS) detect it? According to a group of researchers...