Security News > 2019 > April

Symantec joins the DIB CS program to share threat information between DOD and industry
2019-04-23 23:30

Symantec, the world’s leading cyber security company, announced it has become a member of the United States’ Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) program....

CI Security raises $9.6M to defend healthcare and the public sector from cyber threats
2019-04-23 23:00

CI Security announced it has raised an additional $9.6 million to defend critical services in healthcare and the public sector from cyber threats. The added investment allows CI Security to...

How to Shift Security Practices From Monitoring to Observability
2019-04-23 21:18

Is 'Observability' just a disingenuous rebrand of 'monitoring'? Is it monitoring on steroids? Or, is it the new way to find out "why" (and not just "if") your system, IT or application isn't...

Protecting Substance Addiction Data: The Challenges
2019-04-23 20:33

Recent Breaches Call Attention to Complex Privacy Compliance IssuesTwo organizations that provide treatment to patients with substance addictions have recently reported breaches of sensitive...

Carbanak Source Code Unveils a Startlingly Complex Malware
2019-04-23 20:26

The malware is behind billions in banking and credit-card losses.

Hackers Actively Exploiting Widely-Used Social Share Plugin for WordPress
2019-04-23 19:18

Hackers have been found exploiting a pair of critical security vulnerabilities in one of the popular social media sharing plugins to take control over WordPress websites that are still running a...

'Silence' Cybercrime Gang Targets Banks in More Regions
2019-04-23 17:48

Banks in U.K., India and South Korea Among Those Targeted, Researchers WarnKnown for targeting banks and ATMs in Russia and other Eastern European countries, the "Silence" gang apparently is now...

Exploits for Social Warfare WordPress Plugin Reach Critical Mass
2019-04-23 17:30

More and more attacks taking advantage of a XSS and RCE bug in the popular plugin have cropped up in the wild.

Kaspersky Links ShadowHammer Supply-Chain Attack to ShadowPad Hackers
2019-04-23 16:03

The sophisticated supply-chain attack called Operation ShadowHammer that targeted ASUS users can be linked to the "ShadowPad" threat actor and the CCleaner incident, Kaspersky Lab’s security...

Banking Trojan Drive-by Download Leverages Trust in Google Sites
2019-04-23 15:59

Brazilian hackers have developed a drive-by download attack leveraging the inherent trust in the Google name. A banking trojan known as LoadPCBanker is deployed using the file cabinets template in...