Security News > 2018 > July

How hack on 10,000 WordPress sites was used to launch an epic malvertising campaign
2018-07-30 15:03

Crooks exploited legit web ad ecosystem – researchers Security researchers at Check Point have lifted the lid on the infrastructure and methods of an enormous "malvertising" and banking trojan campaign.…

Stealthy Crypto-Miner Has Worm-Like Spreading Mechanism
2018-07-30 14:53

The PowerGhost crypto-miner is capable of remaining undetected on infected systems, and can spread on its own by leveraging a fileless infection technique, Kaspersky Lab has discovered. read more

KICKICO Hacked: Cybercriminal Steals $7.7 Million from ICO Platform
2018-07-30 14:33

Again some bad news for cryptocurrency users. KICKICO, a blockchain-based initial coin offering (ICO) support platform, has fallen victim to a suspected cyber attack and lost more than 70 million...

Building a sound security strategy for an energy sector company
2018-07-30 13:00

As more and more attacks against companies working in the energy sector become public, it is becoming increasingly clear that those systems are far from impermeable. And it’s not just...

DMARC Fully Implemented by Half of U.S. Government Agencies
2018-07-30 12:52

More than half of U.S. government agencies have fully implemented the DMARC email security standard in response to a binding operational directive from the Department of Homeland Security,...

Prisoners exploit tablet vulnerability to steal nearly $225K
2018-07-30 12:31

364 of them hacked the JPay tablets they use for email, music and games and transferred money into their own accounts.

Social media rumors lead to PepsiCo lawsuit
2018-07-30 12:26

...so take down those 3,412 Facebook links, 20,244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, 6 Instagram links, and 562 tweets ... by court order.

Google bans Android miners from Play Store
2018-07-30 11:57

Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.

How rogue data puts organisations at risk of GDPR noncompliance
2018-07-30 11:45

The GDPR compliance deadline came in by force on 25th May 2018 and applies to all organisations processing and holding the personal information of data subjects. This includes contacts such as...

Identifying People by Metadata
2018-07-30 11:35

Interesting research: "You are your Metadata: Identification and Obfuscation of Social Media Users using Metadata Information," by Beatrice Perez, Mirco Musolesi, and Gianluca Stringhini....