Security News

North Korean Hackers Targeting Individuals: Report
2017-12-21 22:39

North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus has started targeting individuals and organizations directly, instead of focusing exclusively on spying on financial institutions, Proofpoint...

Report: Investigators Eye North Koreans For Exchange Hack
2017-12-21 13:03

North Korean Hackers Also Blamed for Phishing, SWIFT Fraud, POS and ATM MalwareSouth Korean police are investigating the hack of a cryptocurrency exchange are eyeing North Korean hackers. The...

Report: Uber Paid Florida 20-Year-Old $100,000 Over Hack
2017-12-15 17:18

Takeaway: 'Bug Bounty' Plus NDA Still Looks Like Hush MoneyThe hacker to whom Uber paid $100,000 to destroy data and keep quiet about its big, bad breach is a 20-year-old man living in Florida,...

Report: Russian Hackers Target Banks in US, Britain, Russia
2017-12-15 17:18

Nearly $10 Million Stolen from 20 Institutions in Past 1½ YearsA group of Russian-speaking hackers over the past year-and-a-half has stolen nearly $10 million from banks, mostly in the United...

2017 Forrester Wave: DDoS Mitigation Solutions report
2017-12-14 13:50

In their 36-criteria evaluation of DDoS mitigation providers, Forrester identified 11 of the most significant ones — Akamai Technologies, Arbor Networks, Cloudflare, F5 Networks, Fortinet, Huawei...

'MoneyTaker' Hackers Stole Millions from Banks: Report
2017-12-11 18:58

A group of Russian-speaking cybercriminals has launched over 20 successful attacks against financial institutions and legal firms in the US, UK and Russia over the past two years, according to...

Organizations Getting Better at Detecting Breaches: Report
2017-12-08 09:16

Organizations have become slightly better at detecting cyber intrusions, but malicious actors are constantly working on improving their tactics and techniques, according to CrowdStrike’s 2017...

Common Infiltration, Exfiltration Methods Still Successful: Report
2017-12-05 14:21

Many organizations are still having difficulties protecting their systems against the most common infiltration, exfiltration and lateral movement methods used by attackers, according to the latest...

Majority of Android Apps Contain Embedded User-Tracking: Report
2017-11-28 15:34

Seventy-five percent of 300 Android apps tested by Exodus Privacy and analyzed by the Yale Privacy Lab contain embedded trackers, including Uber, Tinder, Skype, Twitter, Spotify and Snapchat. The...

Security of U.S. Government Sites Improved Only Slightly: Report
2017-11-28 13:22

The security of websites owned by the United States government has improved only slightly in the past months, according to a report published on Monday by the Information Technology and Innovation...