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Researchers Link New "Gazer" Backdoor to Turla Cyberspies (Security Week)
2017-08-31 12:13

Gazer/WhiteBear is Sophisticated Malware That Has Been Used Against High-profile Targets Security researchers and ESET and Kaspersky Lab have unveiled details on a new backdoor used by the...

Mirai Malware Attacker Extradited From Germany to UK (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-31 12:03

Daniel Kaye Charged With DDoS, Blackmail Against Lloyds and Barclays BanksAdmitted Mirai malware attacker Daniel Kaye has been extradited from Germany to the United Kingdom, where he faces charges...

Unpatched Code Execution Vulnerability Affects LabVIEW (Security Week)
2017-08-31 12:02

Cisco Talos security researchers have discovered a code execution vulnerability in National Instruments’ LabVIEW system design and development platform. The LabVIEW engineering software is used in...

Researchers Poison Machine Learning Engines (Security Week)
2017-08-31 11:55

The more that artificial intelligence is incorporated into our computer systems, the more it will be explored by adversaries looking for weaknesses to exploit. read more

Journalists Generally Do Not Use Secure Communication (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-31 11:52

This should come as no surprise: Alas, our findings suggest that secure communications haven't yet attracted mass adoption among journalists. We looked at 2,515 Washington journalists with...

With Security at the Foundation, Blockchain Can Revolutionize the World (Security Week)
2017-08-31 11:14

The Only Way to Ensure That the Blockchain Revolution is Successful is Through Security read more

Verizon's PCI DSS Report: Bad Comparisons? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-31 09:33

Careful Staging of Data Leads Verizon to a Predictable ConclusionVerizon has made a strong case for continual PCI DSS awareness with its new study of payment card data security. But like many...

Massive Email Campaign Sends Locky Ransomware to Over 23 Million Users (The Hackers News)
2017-08-31 08:59

Whenever we feel like the Locky ransomware is dead, the notorious threat returns with a bang. Recently, researchers from two security firms have independently spotted two mass email campaigns,...

AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs (The Hackers News)
2017-08-31 05:33

A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access. As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks...

Instagram Suffers Data Breach! Hacker Stole Contact Info of High-Profile Users (The Hackers News)
2017-08-31 01:18

Instagram has recently suffered a possibly serious data breach with hackers gaining access to the phone numbers and email addresses for many "high-profile" users. The 700 million-user-strong,...