Archive - March 2018

Lazio football club ‘falls victim to £1.75m phishing scam’ 29 March 2018 at 15:42 UTC QR reader bug in iOS 11 could trick users into visiting malicious sites 29 March 2018 at 14:47 UTC Breaking the bank: 20 suspects arrested in connection with spear phishing scam 29 March 2018 at 14:28 UTC Exercise caution: ATI breach exposes sensitive patient information 29 March 2018 at 13:04 UTC Baltimore joins Atlanta’s fight against ransomware 29 March 2018 at 12:43 UTC Drupal patches serious RCE flaw, urges users to update immediately 29 March 2018 at 10:35 UTC Coding academy expands its reach in Ghana 29 March 2018 at 09:19 UTC Total Meltdown: Microsoft patch created even bigger security flaws 28 March 2018 at 15:32 UTC Mozilla introduces Facebook Container extension to help protect user identity 28 March 2018 at 14:00 UTC UK police forces ‘should have warrant to snoop phones’ 28 March 2018 at 10:18 UTC Look ma, no files! 28 March 2018 at 07:57 UTC Epic Games to Fortnite players: ‘Secure your accounts now’ 27 March 2018 at 13:46 UTC Failed UK anti-doping agency attack linked to Russian hackers 27 March 2018 at 13:23 UTC Open to infection: NHS still using XP despite WannaCry 27 March 2018 at 10:55 UTC Who’s accountable for a data breach? Shareholders put onus on executives 27 March 2018 at 09:38 UTC Did hackers really expose a secret Syrian hospital to enemy bombers? 26 March 2018 at 15:24 UTC March madness: Cyber-attack across Atlanta’s city servers enters fifth day 26 March 2018 at 14:39 UTC Under armor: Google adds new cloud security controls 26 March 2018 at 11:36 UTC UK gov’t backs domestic infosec innovators 26 March 2018 at 11:19 UTC Microsoft patches file-stealing remote assist bug 23 March 2018 at 19:35 UTC ‘Facebook didn’t have a breach. They had something far worse’ 23 March 2018 at 15:28 UTC Stay tuned: Netflix launches public bug bounty program 23 March 2018 at 14:43 UTC Smart security cameras patched for dangerous RCE flaws 23 March 2018 at 11:06 UTC When your friend is not your friend: The rise of social media cybercrime 22 March 2018 at 15:48 UTC Virtuous circle: M&A activity fueling the cycle of innovation in cybersecurity 22 March 2018 at 12:27 UTC AMD chip flaw mitigations will be rolled out in the coming weeks 22 March 2018 at 11:19 UTC Orbitz alerts customers to payment card data breach 21 March 2018 at 18:02 UTC British teen exposes security flaw in ‘tamper-proof’ cryptocurrency wallet 21 March 2018 at 16:20 UTC Russia demands Telegram encryption keys 21 March 2018 at 15:12 UTC Payday loans company data breach affects 66k customers 21 March 2018 at 11:28 UTC Concerned about Facebook privacy? Here’s how to better protect your profile 20 March 2018 at 17:23 UTC Bounced check: Frost Bank unboxes commercial breach 20 March 2018 at 14:58 UTC What the fuzz? AMD chip flaw fracas boils over 20 March 2018 at 12:50 UTC Hack against Maersk subsidiary results in loss of employee data 20 March 2018 at 11:13 UTC Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: Big data... even bigger questions 19 March 2018 at 16:39 UTC ‘We urge all small charities to take action’ 19 March 2018 at 14:39 UTC Suspected ransomware mastermind arrested in Poland 19 March 2018 at 12:45 UTC Monero foil: More cryptomining apps found on Google Play store 16 March 2018 at 15:40 UTC ‘Over-hyped beyond belief’ – Security experts weigh in on AMD chip flaw claims 16 March 2018 at 15:24 UTC Pwn2Own Master awarded $120k for Edge and Firefox flaws 16 March 2018 at 12:37 UTC MailChimp ‘working’ to stop malware attacks 15 March 2018 at 14:45 UTC The mask slips: Three popular VPNs found to be leaking IP addresses 15 March 2018 at 11:50 UTC PayPal bug bounty increases to $30k 15 March 2018 at 11:22 UTC South Wales police investigated for alleged data breach cover-up 14 March 2018 at 16:03 UTC Former Equifax exec charged with insider trading 14 March 2018 at 15:02 UTC Crooks digging a deeper seam of cryptomining 14 March 2018 at 14:05 UTC Stephen Hawking dead aged 76 14 March 2018 at 12:25 UTC Named and shamed: AppEsteem marks a new chapter in the fight against deceptive software 14 March 2018 at 10:34 UTC WEF creates new fintech cybersecurity consortium 13 March 2018 at 15:37 UTC New York medical center hack could affect 135k patients 13 March 2018 at 15:15 UTC Crypto-exchange offers $250k bounty for info on hacking suspects 13 March 2018 at 13:30 UTC Play it safe: Windows replaces secure OS with S Mode 13 March 2018 at 12:39 UTC Yahoo offers $80m payout following 2013 data breach 12 March 2018 at 16:24 UTC McAfee’s chief scientist: Hackers ‘disproportionally attacking’ healthcare sector 12 March 2018 at 12:36 UTC ‘I will gladly cryptojack you for a hamburger’ 12 March 2018 at 11:55 UTC ‘Memcached represents a new chapter in DDoS attack executions’ 09 March 2018 at 14:26 UTC Terror byte: 400k Exim servers still open to remote attack 09 March 2018 at 12:23 UTC Flash in the pan: No tears will be shed over the death of Adobe’s flaw-riddled media player 09 March 2018 at 09:19 UTC California university alerts students, athletics staff to data breach 08 March 2018 at 19:00 UTC Women in cybersecurity: Mind the gender gap 08 March 2018 at 16:30 UTC Kaspersky RCE bug bounty increased to $100k 08 March 2018 at 11:58 UTC Secure by Design: UK gov’t issues IoT guidelines 07 March 2018 at 17:03 UTC Record for biggest DDoS attack broken after just five days 07 March 2018 at 14:53 UTC Calculated risk: ‘Very few’ organizations will be ready for GDPR 07 March 2018 at 14:20 UTC Uber sued by Pennsylvania over massive data breach 07 March 2018 at 10:05 UTC Monkey business: MailChimp users left open to malware attack 06 March 2018 at 14:41 UTC B-tor testing: Crypto-mining malware bundled with torrent downloads 06 March 2018 at 11:52 UTC Applebee’s hit by POS ‘data incident’ 06 March 2018 at 10:14 UTC Call to action: Indian telco patches numerous vulnerabilities 05 March 2018 at 16:25 UTC GitHub hit by biggest-ever DDoS attack 05 March 2018 at 16:08 UTC Equifax breach could be ‘most expensive in history’ 05 March 2018 at 12:30 UTC NIS America store back online following data breach 05 March 2018 at 11:57 UTC ‘Hey, how’s that user confidence going?’ 02 March 2018 at 15:06 UTC Tim Hortons hit by POS malware attack 02 March 2018 at 12:08 UTC Sony launches bug bounty program – but we’re still not exactly sure what it covers 01 March 2018 at 16:41 UTC German government hack ‘under control’ 01 March 2018 at 16:23 UTC SAML vulnerability abuses SSO to impersonate other users 01 March 2018 at 14:15 UTC School of hard knocks: British students targeted in phishing campaign 01 March 2018 at 13:39 UTC RedDrop in the ocean: Researchers uncover sea of malware-ridden apps 01 March 2018 at 11:18 UTC