Security News > 2017 > June

Israeli Intelligence Discovered IS Plans for Laptop Ban: Report (Security Week)
2017-06-12 17:57

Israeli government spies hacked into the operations of Islamic State bombmakers to discover they were developing a laptop computer bomb to blow up a commercial aircraft, the New York Times...

Qualys Launches Container Security Product (Security Week)
2017-06-12 17:09

Cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider Qualys on Monday announced a new product designed for securing containers across cloud and on-premises deployments. read more

MacRansom RaaS Potentially Created by Copycats (Security Week)
2017-06-12 16:23

A newly discovered ransomware family targeting Mac users is using the Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) distribution model and uses code copied from previous MacOS ransomware, Fortinet researchers...

Two Mac malware-as-a-Service offerings uncovered (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 15:35

Two pieces of Mac malware – MacRansom and MacSpy – that seem to be created by the same developer are being offered for sale through two separate dark web portals. The malware developer offers both...

New "Matrix Banker" Trojan Targets Latin America (Security Week)
2017-06-12 15:31

A new banking trojan, initially called 'Matrix Banker', has been spotted currently targeting Latin America -- or more specifically, Mexico and Peru. It seems to be still under development, and for...

Where does the cyber security buck stop? (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 14:59

Late last year, Bruce Schneier testified before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee asking them to consider imposing security regulations on the Internet of Things (IoT). Schneier argued...

Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-12 14:06

New US government report: "Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry." It's pretty scathing, but nothing in it will surprise regular readers of this blog. It's worth reading...

Attackers Mining Cryptocurrency Using Exploits for Samba Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-06-12 13:34

Kaspersky Lab said it has seen some of the first exploits targeting a patched Samba vulnerability, and those are being used to mine Monero cryptocurrency.

Building a strong cybersecurity program for the long haul (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 13:00

Patch Tuesday is approaching and there is a chance it might be a boring one. Hopefully, I didn’t jinx things by saying that, but I think most of what we’ll see is a bit of volume on the...