Security News > 2019 > October

Israel Approves Extradition to US of Russian 'Hacker'
2019-10-31 09:45

Israel's justice minister Wednesday approved the extradition of a Russian alleged hacker to the United States, where he is wanted for fraud. "After thorough discussions these last few weeks with...

Corellium Responds to Apple's Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
2019-10-31 09:08

Corellium, the Florida-based virtualization company sued by Apple for creating replicas of the iOS operating system, has responded to the tech giant’s lawsuit. read more

Two Hackers Who Extorted Money From Uber and LinkedIn Plead Guilty
2019-10-31 08:19

Two grey hat hackers have pleaded guilty to blackmailing Uber, LinkedIn, and other U.S. corporations for money in exchange for promises to delete data of millions of customers they had stolen in...

5 Places Where Hackers Are Stealthily Stealing Your Data In 2019
2019-10-31 08:04

Skyrocketing data breaches bring incalculable losses to organizations and can cost cybersecurity executives their jobs. Here we examine the top five places in 2019 where cybercriminals are...

Office 365 users targeted with fake voicemail alerts in suspected whaling campaign
2019-10-31 06:30

Office 365 users at high-profile companies in a wide variety of industries are being targeted with voicemail-themed phishing emails, McAfee researchers have found. They say that a wide range of...

Container usage has grown in complexity, specific security controls are needed
2019-10-31 06:00

Container usage has grown in scale and complexity, and doubled in density, according to Sysdig. As container technologies continue to transform how organizations deliver applications, it is...

Cybercriminals using custom phishing tools to target the world’s largest tech brands
2019-10-31 05:30

Cybercriminals are using enterprise-based development and deployment strategies, such as phishing as a service (PaaS), to leverage some of the world’s largest tech brands, with 42.63% of domains...

Most IT pros still haven’t migrated all their users to Windows 10
2019-10-31 05:00

59% of IT professionals report that they still haven’t migrated all their users to Windows 10, despite the imminent end of regular support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020, according to Ivanti...

As the eSports industry grows, it becomes attractive for financially motivated cybercriminals
2019-10-31 04:30

Though cybercriminals have been targeting the gaming community since 2010, eSports players, gaming companies, sponsors and viewers will be more at risk over the coming years from data theft,...

Whitepaper: Busting the myth that more threat intel feeds lead to better security
2019-10-31 04:00

It’s a common misconception that a large quantity of threat intelligence feeds leads to more effective security. Unfortunately, threat feed overindulgence can lead to confusion, disorganization,...