Latest WikiLeaks Release Shows How the CIA Hacks Your Router
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:57:51 +0000
Routers aren’t great at security—and apparently no one knows that better than the CIA
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North Korea’s Cyberattacks Are Chaotic, But Also Make Perfect Sense
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:08:04 +0000
As the DHS, FBI, and NSA pin cyberattacks on North Korea, here’s how to understand the motivations of the Hermit Kingdom’s hackers.
Read MoreThe Georgia Runoff Election Doesn’t Have a Paper Trail to Safeguard Against Hacks
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Without a paper trail, Georgia’s elections don’t have anything to fall back on in the case of outside interference.
Read MoreTackling the myths surrounding cyberbullying
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:00:52 +0000
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| Misconceptions abound when it comes to cyberbullying. In this post, we’ll identify six of these “myths” and then explain why they’re worth discrediting. Categories: Tags: child security onlinecyberbullyingmisconceptionsmythsonline bullyingonline harassmentteen security |
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Read MoreBeware! The TrickBot Trojan is back
Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:45:22 +0000
TrickBot Trojan was first identified in mid-2016 and considered similar to the Dyreza banking Trojan. Initially, the payload (the component of a computer virus that executes a malicious activity) was spreading through a malvertising campaign using the Rig Exploit Kit. From our current findings, we have found that TrickBot has…
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Read MoreWhy SIEM Solutions Are Essential to Securing Healthcare Networks
Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:04:00 +0000
Nine out of ten healthcare organizations have suffered a breach in the past two years, according to a new Ponemon study, and the data shows that these breaches could be costing the industry upwards of $6 billion. When analyzing the sources of these breaches, it should come as no surprise that criminal attacks represent more than half of the total as healthcare records provide a treasure trove of valuable data. The remainder of the breaches tends to result from internal issues like employee mistakes, third-party snags, and stolen connected devices. While…
Read MoreWhy Nimses isn’t safe (so far)
Credit to Author: Anna Larkina| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:00:02 +0000
The trendy Nimses social network has a ways to go in terms of security and privacy.
Read MoreTippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 12, 2017
Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:00:40 +0000
“What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?” This was the question posed to Steve Martin’s character C.D. Bales in the 1987 movie Roxanne. In a modern take of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, the movie centers around C.D.’s attempt to win the love of a woman while…