Security News

Locky Targets Hospitals In Massive Wave Of Ransomware Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-08-18 15:34

A massive wave of Locky ransomware delivered via DOCM attachments is targeting the healthcare sector this month.

Flaws in Smart Sockets Expose Networks to Remote Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-18 14:21

Bitcoin.org Warns of Possible State-Sponsored Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-18 09:51

New wave of targeted attacks focus on industrial organizations (Help Net Security)
2016-08-17 20:56

Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in 30 countries around the world. Dubbed Operation Ghoul, these cybercriminals...

Subverting protection into DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-08-17 12:45

On average, DNSSEC reflection can transform an 80-byte query into a 2,313-byte response, an amplification factor of nearly 30 times, which can easily cause a network service outage during a DDoS...

FalseCONNECT Flaw Exposes Proxy Connections to Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-17 10:36

Recent POS Attacks: Are They Linked? (InfoRiskToday)
2016-08-17 03:21

Linux Kernel Flaw Exposes Most Android Devices to Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-16 13:21

Powerful Bit-Flipping Attack (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-16 12:09

New research: "Flip Feng Shui: Hammering a Needle in the Software Stack," by Kaveh Razavi, Ben Gras, Erik Bosman Bart Preneel, Cristiano Giuffrida, and Herbert Bos. Abstract: We introduce Flip...

When a DDoS Attack Isn't a DDoS Attack (InfoRiskToday)
2016-08-16 09:06