Security News

FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
2018-06-13 13:46

After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.

Dixons Carphone 'fesses to mega-breach: Probes 'attempt to compromise' 5.9m payment cards
2018-06-13 09:38

Over a million records containing 'personal data' also affected Retailer Dixons Carphone has gone public about a hack attack involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records.…

74 Arrests in Business Email Compromise Takedown
2018-06-11 19:48

'Operation Wire Wire' a Six-Month, Worldwide Law Enforcement OperationA six-month coordinated global law enforcement effort to crack down on business email compromise schemes has resulted in 74...

In Australia, Email Compromise Scams Hit Real Estate
2018-06-01 15:33

Property Industry Has Been Caught Off Guard, Expert SaysLate last year in Australia, cybercriminals began targeting a fertile yet relatively poorly protected business sector for so-called business...

CIOs are forced to compromise between faster innovation and perfectly working software
2018-05-29 11:15

An independent global survey of 800 CIOs revealed that 73% of organizations say the need for speed in digital innovation is putting customer experience at risk. The study found that on average,...

VPNFilter malware compromises over 500,000 networking devices around the world
2018-05-24 16:13

Cisco Talos researchers have flagged a huge botnet of small and home office routers and NAS devices, capable of collecting communications and data and launching cyber attacks. About the VPNFilter...

Cyber War and the Compromise of Reliable Full Disclosure
2018-05-14 14:34

We Can’t Rely on Our Own Governments to Practice Responsible Full Disclosure. Full Disclosure is Compromised. read more

Cookie code compromise caper caught and crumbled
2018-05-04 23:37

Ploy to plant malware in NPM's JavaScript registry foiled NPM, the biz responsible for the Node Packet Manager for JavaScript and Node.js, has caught a miscreant trying to tamper with web cookie...

Employees are desensitized to the potential dangers of data compromise
2018-04-17 12:30

Christy Wyatt, CEO of Dtex Systems, shares best practices for getting your team to make cyber-threats a top priority.

The Burden of Business Email Compromise
2018-04-10 20:26

Agari's Dan Hoffmann Outlines the Scale and CostBusiness email compromise attacks that impersonate executives and business partners to trick employees are "the biggest security issue in all of...