Scareware scammers target iOS users
A bug in the way that Mobile Safari handles pop-up dialogs has been abused to scare iOS users into paying a “fine” in the form of an iTunes pre-paid card. The iOS …
1.37 billion data records compromised globally in 2016
Gemalto’s Breach Level Index revealed that 1,792 data breaches led to 1.37 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86% compared to …
Researchers to present new software and hardware vulnerabilities at HITB Amsterdam
Users assume the underlying hardware and software system, mobile antivirus, password managers and encryption technology will protect them from malicious attacks on their …
Understanding Europe’s insider threats
35% of employees across the UK, France, Germany and Italy admit to have been involved in a security breach, presenting regional CISOs with a significant challenge when it …
IT pros spend too much time handling emergencies
A 1E survey of 1,014 IT professionals, who together manage more than 21 million endpoints globally, centered on unplanned activities – how often they occur, what types are …
Cyber criminals targeting healthcare orgs’ FTP servers
FBI’s Cyber Division has sent out another notification to healthcare organizations, alerting them to the danger of cyber criminals using their FTP servers for various …
Docs.com’s “public by default” setting to blame for users publishing sensitive info?
The search option on Docs.com, Microsoft’s publishing and file sharing service, has been temporarily disabled as it could be used to trawl published documents for …
Medical washer-disinfector appliance’s web server open to attack
Here’s a string of words that you probably never thought you’ll hear: An Internet-connected washer-disinfector appliance by German manufacturer Miele sports a …
Used devices are a treasure trove of personally identifiable information
40 percent of hard drives, mobile phones and tablets resold in publicly-available resale channels contain personally identifiable information (PII), according to an analysis …
Week in review: Leaking LastPass extensions, 300+ hackable Cisco switches
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Malware posing as Siemens PLC software is hitting industrial environments …
Google to sanction Symantec for misissuing security certificates
In a post on a developers’ forum, software engineer on the Google Chrome team Ryan Sleevi has announced Google’s plan to start gradually distrust all existing …
GoDaddy acquires Sucuri
GoDaddy has entered into an agreement to purchase Sucuri, a provider of website security products and services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Sucuri …