Security News

Nonstop Breaches Fuel Spike in Synthetic Identity Fraud
2018-05-18 13:47

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Years of massive data breaches have fueled an increase in synthetic identity fraud, in which fraudsters combine real and bogus details to...

Power spike leads Chinese police to 600-machine mining rig
2018-04-26 05:24

Six Bitcoiners cuffed for electricity heist Chinese media is reporting the seizure of 600 Bitcoin miners in the northern municipality of Tianjin, on the grounds of electricity theft.…

Health Data Breach Tally Spikes in Recent Weeks
2018-04-17 19:33

A Wide Assortment of Hacker, Insider Incidents ReportedThe reporting of major health data breaches has spiked in recent weeks, with a wide variety of incidents reported. So what's behind the surge?

IoT Security Disconnect: As Attacks Spike, Device Patching Still Lags
2018-03-06 17:43

More than half of businesses have faced IoT-related attacks, yet only a third consider IoT cyber security “very important.”

FBI Warns of Spike in W-2 Phishing Campaigns
2018-02-23 17:14

A recent FBI public service advisory warned of an increase in reports of compromised or spoofed emails involving W-2 forms.

As Ransomware Attacks Spike, Organizations Need to Catch Up (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-30 18:48

Use of Outdated Operating Systems Remains Widespread, Says ESET's Mark JamesAs the WannaCry outbreak demonstrated, many organizations run outdated operating systems. Too often when systems - and...

Crypto-Locking Ransomware Attacks Spike (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-27 14:33

Ransomware-as-a-Service Market Expands Beyond Affiliates to 'Elite' ProgramsWith massive profits available to criminals who can infect PCs and servers and extract a ransom, it's no surprise that...

Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware (Threatpost)
2017-06-26 17:49

Mobile ransomware attacks spike in the first quarter of 2017, growing three and a half times compared to the previous year.

Apple Receives First National Security Letter, Reports Spike in Requests for Data (Threatpost)
2017-05-23 17:06

Apple revealed this week that it received at least one National Security Letter from the U.S. government for user data during the last six months of 2016