Credit to Author: Anant Pulgam| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:02:51 +0000
From the last one year, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing a boost in the number of mining malware. One of the ways to earn cryptocurrencies is to mine them. Nowadays cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack vectors for cybercriminals due to its ease of deployment and instant…
Read moreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:00:11 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about cybersecurity and data concerns in 5G. Also, learn about cybercriminal threats during tax season. Read on: Securing Enterprises for 5G Connectivity For the advantages of…
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:00:51 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how radio frequency technology is putting industrial organizations at risk. Also, understand the threat landscape of telecommunications and how to prepare for future threats. Read on:…
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 21:02:56 +0000
A new strain of Mirai is equipped with a much wider range of exploits, including some targeted at enterprise-class IoT devices.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:37:32 +0000
Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of hospitals in 2014. Also last week, a 30-year-old in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 32 months in jail for using an army of hacked devices to crash large portions of Liberia’s Internet access in 2016.
Read moreCredit to Author: John Snow| Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 09:52:23 +0000
Epidemics, espionage, destruction: We present the most memorable cyberattacks of recent years.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:41:56 +0000
What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 02:31:35 +0000
A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “Satori” botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and other “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. This outcome is hardly surprising given that the accused’s alleged alter ego has been relentless in seeking media attention for this global crime machine.
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