Security News > 2017 > June

Week in review: Fireball malware infects 250 million computers, attacks within the Dark Web (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 02:02

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: OneLogin suffers data breach, again OneLogin, a popular single sign-on service that allows users to access thousands...

FBI Helping Qatar in 'Hacking' Probe: Source (Security Week)
2017-06-05 01:42

The FBI is helping Qatar investigate the source of an alleged "hack" of state media which sparked diplomatic tensions in the Gulf, a source with knowledge of the probe said Friday. read more

Man Jailed 6 Months for Refusing to Give Police his iPhone Passcode (The Hackers News)
2017-06-05 01:07

Remember Ramona Fricosu? A Colorado woman was ordered to unlock her encrypted Toshiba laptop while the FBI was investigating alleged mortgage fraud in 2012, but she declined to decrypt the laptop...

Jaff Ransomware Operation Tied to Cybercrime Store (Security Week)
2017-06-04 20:28

Jaff, a ransomware family that emerged on May 12, the same day WannaCry did, appears connected to wider operations, as a recent sample was found to share server space with a refined cybercrime...

'Tallinn Manual 2.0' - the Rulebook for Cyberwar (Security Week)
2017-06-03 12:36

Tallinn - With ransomware like "WannaCry" sowing chaos worldwide and global powers accusing rivals of using cyberattacks to interfere in domestic politics, the latest edition of the world's only...

Jaff Malware Probe Uncovers Link to Cybercrime Marketplace (Threatpost)
2017-06-03 12:00

Researchers have discovered a shared backend infrastructure between the Jaff ransomware and a black market carder shop.

Insecure Hadoop Clusters Expose Over 5,000 Terabytes of Data (The Hackers News)
2017-06-03 01:57

Until last year, cyber criminals were only targeting computers of individuals and organisations with ransomware and holding them for ransom, but then they started targeting unprotected online...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid as Prey (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-02 21:05

There's lots of video of squid as undersea predators. This is one of the few instances of squid as prey (from a deep submersible in the Pacific): "We saw brittle stars capturing a squid from the...

Giving a Speech? Be Careful About Privacy Violations (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-02 20:48

Insurance Executive's Presentation Raises Serious ConcernsA recent speech by a health insurance company executive is stirring up debate about whether a patient's privacy can be violated even if...

What’s really stopping users from adopting secure communication tools? (Help Net Security)
2017-06-02 19:27

“Users’ goal to communicate with others overrides everything else, including security,” a group of researchers has concluded after interviewing sixty individuals about their experience with...