How a museum protects some of the world’s finest pieces of art
After an internal audit revealed the limitations of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s existing (analog) camera surveillance system, as well as a server that has been installed …
Businesses overconfident about keeping attackers at bay
Despite the increasing number of data breaches and nearly 1.4 billion data records being lost or stolen in 2016, the vast majority of IT professionals still believe perimeter …
PoS malware hits food kiosks, steals payment card info
PoS malware can lurk in the most unexpected of places, and some have recently been found in the payment kiosks by US-based vendor Avanti, stealing payment card information. …
Man stole bitcoin by phishing individuals on the dark web
Michael Richo, a 35-year-old from Connecticut, had the brilliant idea of stealing bitcoin from people involved in illegal deals through dark web marketplaces. Perhaps he …
UK executives badly informed about where data is stored compared to other countries
When it comes to data compliance matters, one in five business decision makers within the UK admit they do not know which compliance regulations their company is subject to, …
Week in review: Windows 10 against crypto ransomware, satellite phone comms decryption
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016 The majority of US-based law firms are …
Satellite phone communications can be decrypted in near real-time
Satellite phone communications encrypted with the GMR-2 cipher can be decrypted in mere fractions of a second, two Chinese researchers have proved. The vulnerable cipher The …
Why Kodi boxes can pose a serious malware threat
When new streaming devices, such as the Amazon Firestick and Apple TV, were first introduced, many were intrigued by the ease by which they could watch “over the …
Operators of decade-old Malware-as-a-Service outfit charged
As Crackas With Attitude hacker “Incursio” got handed a 2-year prison sentence for gaining unauthorized access to government computers and online accounts of a …
66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016
The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide variety of areas, but in many cases, unaware of intrusion attempts. These findings were based on Logicforce …
South Korean bitcoin exchange hacked, user accounts plundered
Bithumb, a South Korean bitcoin and ether exchange, has suffered a data breach that resulted in customer losses potentially reaching billions of South Korean won (currently, a …
How High-Tech Bridge uses machine learning
In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge, talks about the difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning, and illustrates how his company …
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