Blackhole exploit kit author sentenced
Dmitry Fedotov, aka “Paunch”, the creator of the infamous Blackhole and Cool exploit kits, has been sentenced to spend 7 years in prison, Russian news agency TASS …
Why few US consumers penalize hacked companies?
About a quarter of American adults reported that they were notified about their personal information being part of a data breach in the previous year, but only 11 percent of …
Cisco UCS servers can be hijacked with malicious HTTP request
A data center server platform running Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) Central Software can be compromised by unauthenticated, remote attackers with a single, …
EU privacy watchdogs not satisfied with the EU-US Privacy Shield
The Article 29 Working Party – an advisory body composed of representatives of the data protection authority of each EU Member State, the European Data Protection …
Software tools and services used to achieve ISO 27001
With high profile breaches becoming almost a daily occurrence in the media, many organizations are now turning to the ISO 27001 information security standard to help them stay …
Security tips and tricks for businesses and consumers
In 2015, the number of zero-day vulnerabilities discovered more than doubled to a record-breaking 54, a 125 percent increase from the year before, reaffirming the critical …
Public institutions targeted with shape changing Qbot malware
A new strain of Qbot, malicious software that steals user credentials and creates backdoors on targeted devices, has infected over 54,000 PCs in thousands of organisations …
Samsung Galaxy devices can be made to make calls, send messages while locked
Half a dozen (and possibly even more) Samsung Galaxy phones can be made to place phone calls or send text messages even when they are locked, thanks to exposed USB modems. …
After issuing 1.7M certificates, Let’s Encrypt CA officially leaving beta
Let’s Encrypt, the non-profit Certificate Authority (CA) backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, and others, is ready to be considered a …
6,013 breaches reported in the US since 2005
In 2005, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) began monitoring and tallying the ever-growing number of US security breaches. Since then, the organization has seen a 397 …
Netwrix Auditor 8.0: Visibility into hybrid cloud IT infrastructures
Netwrix released Netwrix Auditor 8.0. The new version of the IT auditing platform simplifies detection of security threats and enables organizations to gain control over …
GoPhish: Free phishing toolkit for training your employees
Too many system and network breaches today start with a well-designed, persuasive phishing email, and organizations and businesses would do well to continually train their …
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