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The APT Name Game: How Grim Threat Actors Get Goofy Monikers
2019-02-05 11:00

How do advanced persistent threat groups such as Double Secret Octopus and Anchor Panda get their ridiculous names?

Kids’ GPS watches are still a security ‘train wreck’
2019-02-05 10:39

Anyone could have accessed the entire database, including a child's location, on Gator watches and other models that share its back end.

Failed Fraud Against UK Bank Abused Mobile Infrastructure
2019-02-05 10:33

Fresh SS7 Fraud Highlights Ongoing Call Routing WeaknessesA U.K. bank says no customers lost money after cyberattackers attempted account takeovers by rerouting one-time passcodes, Motherboard...

Huddle House Suffers Payment Card Breach
2019-02-05 09:41

Huddle House, an Atlanta-based restaurant chain with over 300 locations across the United States, informed customers recently that their payment card information may have been compromised as a...

Why vaporworms might be the scourge of 2019
2019-02-05 06:45

Not too long ago, the WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted the emergence of vaporworms as a major new cyber threat that will affect organizations of all sizes in 2019. We coined the term to describe a...

AI won’t solve all of our cybersecurity problems
2019-02-05 06:30

AI is already supporting businesses with tasks ranging from determining marketing strategies, to driverless cars, to providing personalized film and music recommendations. And its use is expected...

Fake fuse: Bloke admits selling counterfeit chips for use in B-1 bomber, other US military gear
2019-02-05 00:58

E-waste partly to blame for proliferation of deceptively marketed silicon Rogelio Vasquez, the owner of California-based PRB Logics Corporation, has pleaded guilty to selling fake branded...

New Backdoor Targets Linux Servers
2019-02-05 00:07

A new backdoor is targeting Linux servers in East Asia and Latin America, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted machines, Check Point security researchers say. read more

Hi, Jack'd: A little PSA for anyone using this dating-hook-up app... Anyone can slurp your private, public snaps
2019-02-05 00:06

Talk about a security cock-up – vuln exposing intimate snaps left wide open for 'months' Dating-slash-hook-up app Jack'd is exposing to the public internet intimate snaps privately swapped between...

Boffin suggests taking the ostrich approach for Spectre-Meltdown-grade processor flaws, other security holes: Don't say anything public – zip it
2019-02-04 22:36

Prof asks: What good comes from letting everyone know a vulnerability exists? A computer engineering professor has an interesting idea for how to handle the public disclosure of serious...