Security News > 2017 > July

Nation-states are biggest cyber threat for drug and medical device makers (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 21:18

Government-sponsored hackers were seen as the biggest threat to cyber security among executives in charge of technology, information, and security at drug and medical device makers, according to...

ShieldFS Can Detect Ransomware, Recover Files (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 20:33

At Black Hat last week, an add-on Windows driver and filesystem called ShieldFS was unveiled that detects ransomware and recovers files.

Nuance: NotPetya Attack Was Not a Reportable Health Data Breach (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-31 20:18

Medical Transcription Services Vendor Explains Decision to CustomersNuance has issued an unusual public letter to customers explaining why the medical transcription services vendor has decided not...

'Game of Thrones' Script Leaked After HBO Hack (Security Week)
2017-07-31 19:53

HBO said Monday its network was victimized by a cyberattack, and media reports said the hack resulted in the leak of a script of the popular series "Games of Thrones" and content from other...

Phishers steal Chrome extension from developer (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 19:45

An attacker has compromised the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software, and has equipped their Copyfish Chrome extension with ad/spam injection capabilities....

Voting Machines Hacked with Ease at DEF CON (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 19:24

Hackers at DEF CON last week exploited vulnerabilities in electronic pollbooks and voting machines with ease.

Hackers Compromise Accounts of FireEye Threat Intelligence Analyst (Security Week)
2017-07-31 18:46

A hacker or group of hackers claimed today to have breached FireEye's Mandiant. In a Pastebin post, they claimed, "It was fun to be inside a giant company named 'Mandiant'... 'Mandiant' knows how...

Android Banking Trojan Svpeng Adds Keylogger (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 18:28

The authors behind the Android banking malware family Svpeng have added a keylogger to a recent strain, giving attackers yet another way to steal sensitive data.

Seagate to pay millions for forking over employee info to scammers (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 18:03

A moment of inattention by one of its employees, and Seagate stands to lose tens of millions of dollars. No, the company was not the victim of a BEC scam – instead, it has been dragged to court by...

Robot Safecracking (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-31 17:19

Robots can crack safes faster than humans -- and differently: So Seidle started looking for shortcuts. First he found that, like many safes, his SentrySafe had some tolerance for error. If the...