Security News > 2018 > July

AWS makes new Amazon EC2 instances available to process large amounts of data
2018-07-26 20:04

Amazon Web Services announced general availability of a new high frequency instance (z1d) for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), as well as the memory optimized instances (R5) and memory...

Biggest Pediatric Hospital Breach Reported
2018-07-26 19:33

105,000 Affected at Boys Town National Research HospitalA hacking incident at Boys Town National Research Hospital is the largest ever reported by a pediatric care provider or children's hospital,...

Cosco at a lossco over ransomware tossco
2018-07-26 19:30

Shipping giant locks down US network after infection spotted International shipping giant Cosco says it working to recover from an apparent ransomware attack on its Americas network.…

Bugs in Samsung IoT Hub Leave Smart Home Open To Attack
2018-07-26 19:26

Researchers found 20 flaws in Samsung’s SmartThings Hub controller - opening up supported third-party smart home devices to attack.

Swann security cameras vulnerable to spying hack
2018-07-26 18:59

Researchers have unearthed a security flaw in a Swann security camera that allows attackers to spy on the video and audio feed of anyone’s camera. Swann SWWHD-Intcam is battery-powered, connected...

Parasite HTTP RAT Packs Extensive Protection Mechanisms
2018-07-26 18:49

A newly discovered remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed Parasite HTTP includes a broad range of protections, including sandbox detection, anti-debugging, anti-emulation, and more, Proofpoint reports....

CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service
2018-07-26 18:48

Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault ransomware malware, a district court in Rotterdam...

Plug Your Cloud Cybersecurity Holes
2018-07-26 18:27

Threat detection and analytics are only as effective as the granularity the network infrastructure provides for packet access.

Criminal Cyberattacks Are Up. Can Automated Security Help Bring Them Down?
2018-07-26 17:26

Companies that still rely on manual processes – security tools that require frequent tuning or manual CVE patching, for example – fare worse if they are breached.

Google Employees Use a Physical Token as Their Second Authentication Factor
2018-07-26 17:18

Krebs on Security is reporting that all 85,000 Google employees use two-factor authentication with a physical token. A Google spokesperson said Security Keys now form the basis of all account...