Security News > 2018 > January

Data breaches at an all time high: How are businesses protecting themselves?
2018-01-25 13:30

Digitally transformative technologies are shaping the way organisations do business and moving them to a data-driven world, with 94% of organisations using sensitive data in cloud, big data, IoT,...

Embracing the Cultural Shift that Comes with Secure DevOps
2018-01-25 13:08

Previously, I’ve written about bridging the cybersecurity knowledge gap in the boardroom. There’s another area where we need to bridge a cybersecurity gap and that’s in the software development...

ICO protection: Key threats, attack tools and safeguards
2018-01-25 13:00

Group-IB has analyzed the basic information security risks for the cryptoindustry and compiled a rating of key threats to an ICO (initial coin offering). On average, over 100 attacks are conducted...

Beware! Undetectable CrossRAT malware targets Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems
2018-01-25 12:48

Are you using Linux or Mac OS? If you think your system is not prone to viruses, then you should read this. Wide-range of cybercriminals are now using a new piece of 'undetectable' spying malware...

WhatsApp Vulnerability
2018-01-25 12:47

A new vulnerability in WhatsApp has been discovered: ...the researchers unearthed far more significant gaps in WhatsApp's security: They say that anyone who controls WhatsApp's servers could...

Chrome 64 Brings Additional Mitigations for CPU Flaw
2018-01-25 12:31

Google this week released Chrome 64 in the stable channel with fixes for 53 security flaws and with additional mitigations against the web-exploitable “Spectre” CPU vulnerability.  read more

Download: 2018 Cybersecurity Checklist
2018-01-25 12:30

Today’s attacks are spreading faster, evolving quicker, and evading even the most widely used security solutions. But that doesn’t mean you can’t fight back. Get practical recommendations for...

Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada
2018-01-25 09:33

As many non-tech savvy people think that Bitcoin looks like a Gold coin as illustrated in many stock images, perhaps these robbers also planned to rob a cryptocurrency exchange thinking that way....

EU Antitrust Regulators Fine Qualcomm $1.2 Billion Over Apple Deal
2018-01-25 09:03

The antitrust fine has hit Qualcomm badly. The European Commission has levied a fine of €997 Million, approximately $1.2 Billion, against U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. for violating antitrust laws...

Lawmakers Raise Questions About Disclosure of CPU Flaws
2018-01-25 06:10

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday sent letters to several tech giants, raising questions about how the disclosure of the CPU vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown...