Kaspersky Gives the Government Its Code
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention.
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Month: July 2017
The Petya Plague Exposes the Threat of Evil Software Updates
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000
Security firm Kaspersky says the ransomware was the third attack in the last year that hijacked innocent updates to spread malware.
Read MoreHackers Targeted a US Nuclear Plant (But Don’t Panic Yet)
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 03:36:53 +0000
Hackers have reportedly targeted US energy utilities, and may be laying the groundwork for blackouts. But they may yet be a long way from that goal.
Read MoreB&B Theatres Hit in 2-Year Credit Card Breach
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:26:07 +0000
B&B Theatres, a company that owns and operates the 7th-largest theater chain in America, says it is investigating a breach of its credit card systems. The acknowledgment comes just days after KrebsOnSecurity reached out to the company for comment on reports from financial industry sources who said they suspected the cinema chain has been leaking customer credit card data to cyber thieves for the past two years.
Read MoreIncrease yield, reduce costs and maintain quality with Advanced Process Control
Credit to Author: Keith Chambers| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:55:46 +0000
What should the optimal operating point for my multivariate process be? If you’re asking this question, it’s tough to find an answer. For instance, in a milk powder production plant… Read more »
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Read MoreWhat is… GDPR?
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:40:05 +0000
Whether you’re a family bakery in Estonia that keeps a list of local delivery addresses, or a multinational giant headquartered outside Europe that sells globally online, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation almost certainly applies to you.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40445&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/vLW04Mz8lq4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreWhat is… phishing?
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:07:20 +0000
Welcome to our What is… series, where we turn technical jargon into plain English. Phishing is the word used when a cybercriminal sends you some sort of electronic message to trick you into doing something insecure. The “fishing” metaphor refers to the idea of getting you on the hook and then reeling you in. The […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40299&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jYAVEhKpqOI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreTippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of July 3, 2017
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:45:09 +0000
It has been quoted by Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and others that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I could say that in our world of cyber security, despite all the headlines about data breaches and ransomware, there is no “insanity.” Products we used 25 years ago…