Security News

Analysis of North Korea's Internet Traffic Shows a Nation Run Like a Criminal Syndicate
2018-10-27 19:42

Recorded Future has published a series of analyses on North Korea's most senior leadership's use of the internet. As the last report of the series, it demonstrates how adaptable this leadership...

Criminals' Cryptocurrency Addiction Continues
2018-10-12 18:48

Cryptojacking Attacks Are Reshaping Today's Threat LandscapeCryptojacking - the hidden mining of virtual currencies - continues to be a focus for online attackers. As the detection of...

FitMetrix Exposes Millions of Customer Details, Accessed by Criminals
2018-10-11 21:11

Gym customer data, including contact information, birth dates and height/weight data, opens the door to convincing follow-on social-engineering attacks.

Bristol airport pulls flight info system offline following attack by 'online criminals'
2018-09-17 12:28

No flight delays, miraculously* Bristol Airport deliberately yanked its flight screens offline for two days over the weekend in response to a cyberattack.…

How to improve security without treating your users like criminals
2018-08-27 14:51

Strong security controls will protect your organization, but they may also hinder or annoy users. Here's how to walk the line between security and user accessibility.

Criminals a bit less interested in nicking Brits' identities this year
2018-08-15 08:41

ID fraud drops to four-year low New figures reveal UK identity fraud dropped during the first six months of 2018 to reach a four-year low.…

Criminals can compromise company networks by sending malicious faxes
2018-08-13 12:37

Check Point has revealed details about the two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-5924, CVE-2018-5925) it discovered in the communication protocols used in tens of millions...

Criminal justice software code could send you to jail and there’s nothing you can do about it
2018-08-13 10:50

Trade secrets are trumping personal liberty DEF CON American police and the judiciary are increasingly relying on software to catch, prosecute and sentence criminal suspects, but the code is...

Honeypot Highlights Danger to ICS Systems From Criminal Hackers
2018-08-07 13:40

A security firm established a sophisticated honeypot masquerading as a power transmission substation for a major electricity provider. The purpose was to attract attackers and analyze how they...

Amazon AI misidentifies Congress as criminals, proves it's not ready for enterprise
2018-07-27 14:16

Amazon's face recognition falsely identified 28 members of Congress as criminals. Perhaps AI isn't quite ready for business.