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Leader of Hacking Group Who Stole $1 Billion From Banks Arrested In Spain
2018-03-26 20:03

Spanish Police has arrested the alleged leader of an organised Russian cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which stole over a billion euros from banks worldwide since...

OCR, ONC Get Flat Fiscal 2018 Funding
2018-03-26 19:47

But What Will Funding Look Like Next Year?Despite the White House's request for deep budget cuts, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law last week flat funding for the current fiscal...

Ukrainian Suspected of Leading Carbanak Gang Arrested in Spain
2018-03-26 18:30

A Ukrainian national suspected of being the leader of a gang that used Carbanak malware to steal a significant amount of money from banks worldwide has been arrested in Spain, Europol and the...

Former Barclays CISO to Head WEF's Global Center for Cybersecurity
2018-03-26 17:46

Troels Oerting to Head the Global Centre for Cybersecurity The 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, in January announced the formation of a new Global...

Facebook Woes Continue as FTC Opens Data Privacy Probe
2018-03-26 17:44

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced it is launching an investigation into Facebook’s data privacy practices

Watering Hole Attack Exploits North Korea's Flash Flaw
2018-03-26 16:46

An attack leveraging the compromised website of a Hong Kong telecommunications company is using a recently patched Flash vulnerability that has been exploited by North Korea since mid-November...

Gang leader behind malware attacks targeting 100 financial institutions arrested in Spain
2018-03-26 16:42

The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante, Spain, after a complex...

FBI: Iranian Firm Stole Data In Massive Spear Phishing Campaign
2018-03-26 15:54

The Department of Justice has announced charges against nine Iranians, affiliated with the Mabna Institute, who are accused of stealing private data from U.S. universities, private companies, and...

Is Blockchain Really Disruptive in Terms of Data Security?
2018-03-26 15:33

Blockchain can provide transparency, decentralization, efficiency, security, and other benefits, revolutionizing multiple industries.

One Year Later, Hackers Still Target Apache Struts Flaw
2018-03-26 15:27

One year after researchers saw the first attempts to exploit a critical remote code execution flaw affecting the Apache Struts 2 framework, hackers continue to scan the Web for vulnerable servers....