Security News > 2017 > June

GameStop Confirms Payment Card Breach (Security Week)
2017-06-12 12:36

GameStop Admits Hackers Had Access to Its Website for Six Months Video game and electronics retailer GameStop has started warning customers that their personal details and payment card data may...

French Officials Detail 'Fancy Bear' Hack of TV5Monde (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-12 12:33

Takeaway: Beware Hacked Third-Party Accounts and Weak Active DirectoryNew details have emerged relating to the 2015 hack attack against French broadcaster TV5Monde, which resulted in multiple...

Qualys Container Security: Discover, track, and secure containers (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 12:30

Qualys announced a new solution that extends its single-pane visibility and continuous security to the new and growing virtualization environment of Docker containers, and enables customers to...

Dangerous Malware Discovered that Can Take Down Electric Power Grids (The Hackers News)
2017-06-12 08:13

Last December, a cyber attack on Ukrainian power grid caused the power outage in the northern part of Kiev — the country's capital — and surrounding areas, causing a blackout for tens of thousands...

SambaCry Flaw Exploited to Deliver Cryptocurrency Miner (Security Week)
2017-06-12 08:11

A recently patched Samba flaw known as EternalRed and SambaCry has been exploited in the wild to deliver a cryptocurrency miner to vulnerable machines, researchers warned. read more

Online Training for Cisco CCNA, CCNP Certification Exams (The Hackers News)
2017-06-12 07:20

As governments and enterprises migrate toward controller-based architectures, the role of a core network engineer are evolving and more important than ever. There is a growing number of jobs in...

Week in review: PowerPoint malware delivery, dark web fraud guides, security through APIs (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 01:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: UK ICO offers grants for practical privacy research The programme is open to academic institutions, civil society...

French Police Seize 6 Tor Relay Servers in WannaCry Investigation (The Hackers News)
2017-06-11 08:51

WannaCry, the biggest ransomware attack in the history, gained prominence very rapidly in the media globally after the ransomware infected more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries within...

Warning! Hackers Started Using "SambaCry Flaw" to Hack Linux Systems (The Hackers News)
2017-06-10 05:16

Remember SambaCry? Two weeks ago we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software (re-implementation of SMB networking protocol) that allows...

Hackers Are Using An Effective Way to Spread Fake News From Verified Accounts (The Hackers News)
2017-06-10 02:11

Social media networks are no doubt a quick and powerful way to share information and ideas, but not everything shared on Facebook or Twitter is true. Misinformation, or "Fake News," has emerged as...