Security News > 2018 > March

Record surges in healthcare attacks, fileless malware, cryptocurrency mining
2018-03-12 18:45

During Q4 2017, McAfee Labs saw on average eight new threat samples per second, and the increasing use of fileless malware attacks leveraging Microsoft PowerShell. The Q4 spike in Bitcoin value...

State Department Spends $0 of Anti-Propaganda Allocation
2018-03-12 18:43

Congress Has Allocated $120 Million Since 2016 to Combat Foreign CampaignsTo the surprise of many, $120 million allocated by Congress since late 2016 to help the State Department combat foreign...

Binance offers $250,000 for info about hackers who targeted its users
2018-03-12 18:04

Binance, the popular Chinese cryptocurrency exchange with a focus on crypto-to-crypto trading, has put a $250,000 bounty on the heads of the hackers who tried to pull off a heist earlier this...

Internet Provider Redirects Users in Turkey to Spyware: Report
2018-03-12 17:27

Hundreds of users in Turkey and Syria have been redirected to nation-state malware at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level, a recent Citizen Lab report reveals. read more

FireEye’s Marina Krotofil On Triton and ICS Threats
2018-03-12 17:23

At the Security Analyst Summit this year in Cancun, FireEye's Marina Krotofil talks about the Triton malware, first disclosed in December 2017, that targets industrial control systems.

CCleaner Attackers Intended To Deploy Keylogger In Third Stage
2018-03-12 16:49

As investigations continue about the backdoor that was planted in CCleaner, Avast said it has found that the actors behind the attack were planning to install a third round of malware on...

Why Ransomware Attacks Are a Security Wake-Up Call
2018-03-12 16:33

Recent ransomware attacks on healthcare entities have been a major security wake-up call, says Rod Piechowski, senior director of health information systems at of HIMSS, who explains what action is needed.

IIC Publishes Best Practices for Securing Industrial Endpoints
2018-03-12 15:27

Industrial Internet Consortium Guidance Aims to Improve IIoT Endpoint Security for Manufacturers and Practitioners read more

Global SOC maturity improves, yet some still operate with serious gaps in security
2018-03-12 15:00

Despite the volume of threats rising, the global findings of a new Micro Focus report indicate that more mature Security Operational Centres (SOCs) are becoming more efficient in detection with...

New Hacking Team Spyware Samples Detected: ESET
2018-03-12 14:46

New samples of Hacking Team’s Remote Control System (RCS) flagship spyware have recently emerged, slightly different from previously observed variations, ESET warns.Hacking Team, an Italian...