Archive - December 2017

Ancestry.com reveals RootsWeb breach affecting 300,000 users 29 December 2017 at 11:36 UTC Safe Haven: Edward Snowden introduces new security app 28 December 2017 at 10:36 UTC Nissan Canada informs customers of possible data breach 27 December 2017 at 11:57 UTC Calm before the swarm? GnatSpy mobile malware family discovered 22 December 2017 at 17:21 UTC Backdoor captcha’d in popular WordPress plugin 21 December 2017 at 12:18 UTC Arrests made in connection with CTB-Locker, Cerber ransomware 20 December 2017 at 14:30 UTC Massive cloud leak exposes ‘virtually every American household’ 20 December 2017 at 12:44 UTC India’s ruling party accused of hacking voting machines 19 December 2017 at 16:07 UTC Keeper: Your password’s safe 19 December 2017 at 12:53 UTC LA Tech receives cybersecurity grant 19 December 2017 at 11:20 UTC ‘I’m sorry you feel this way, NatWest’ 15 December 2017 at 16:43 UTC UK banks failing to disclose all cyber-attacks, says FCA 15 December 2017 at 14:40 UTC Caught in a trap: Study indicates 1% of all websites hacked over past 18 months 15 December 2017 at 11:55 UTC Singapore’s Ministry of Defense launches bug bounty program 14 December 2017 at 16:07 UTC Mirai architects plead guilty to cybercrime charges 14 December 2017 at 12:15 UTC Multi-sig software updates could help thwart backdoor attacks 13 December 2017 at 17:47 UTC ‘You have 96 hours to comply’ 13 December 2017 at 12:57 UTC MoneyTaker syndicate exposed after 18 months of silent ops 12 December 2017 at 15:01 UTC In the clear? 1.4bn data records found on the dark web 12 December 2017 at 11:16 UTC UNC Health Care flags potential data breach 11 December 2017 at 16:08 UTC IT security spending to reach $96bn in 2018 11 December 2017 at 15:07 UTC Researchers expose HSTS shortcomings in major browsers 11 December 2017 at 12:39 UTC NiceHash, no stash: Mining marketplace suffers breach as bitcoin soars 08 December 2017 at 15:56 UTC ‘Urgent action’ needed to tackle rising tide of financial cybercrime 08 December 2017 at 11:46 UTC Latest Chrome release includes Site Isolation for enterprise security 07 December 2017 at 13:20 UTC Utility companies warn over TIO data breach 06 December 2017 at 16:39 UTC Black Hat Europe: ‘Cyber is the new black’ 06 December 2017 at 13:40 UTC UK gov’t launches interim cybersecurity strategy 05 December 2017 at 13:22 UTC Andromeda botnet dismantled by international taskforce 05 December 2017 at 11:34 UTC Supermarket sweep: British retailer found liable for 2014 data leak 04 December 2017 at 16:19 UTC Executives face jail time under new breach disclosure legislation 04 December 2017 at 14:58 UTC PayPal subsidiary suffers data breach 04 December 2017 at 12:27 UTC ‘If you learn one thing in security, it’s humility’ 01 December 2017 at 16:20 UTC Additional funding for Georgia’s cybersecurity center 01 December 2017 at 15:03 UTC AWS raises its guard against cloud security threats 01 December 2017 at 14:18 UTC UK shipbroker warns of possible data leak 01 December 2017 at 11:16 UTC