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DDoS Attack

DDoS attack attempts on organizations was 237 per month or eight attack attempts a day in third quarter of 2017. “The growing availability of DDoS-for-hire services is causing an explosion of attacks,...

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IoT Security

Healthcare organizations are now implementing connected medical devices for better services to patients. But healthcare technology leaders are worried about IoT security with connected devices....

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New Google Patch for Android

Google released possibly its final Android security update for 2017. The latest patch addresses at least 42 different vulnerabilities which includes 11 flaws in the media framework (five are critical...

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IoT Security Skills in Energy Companies

Inmarsat survey of senior IT decision makers from 100 large energy companies worldwide shows that fifty four percent need additional security skills to deliver successful IoT projects. Fifty three...

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ICS Malware

FireEye researchers mentioned that the company’s Mandiant subsidiary is attacked by new industrial control systems(ICS) malware. The hackers shut down plant operations by targeting emergency shutdown...

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Devices and Data Breach

Pennsylvania-based Washington Health System (WHS) Greene mentioned that it suffered data breach due to missing external hard drive. The device was used for Bone Densitometry machine. Facility mentioned...

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Ransomware Attacks in 2017

As compared to 2016, the ransomware attacks hitting business users increased from 22.6 percent in 2016 to 26.2 percent in 2017. Kaspersky Lab conducted survey. “Welcome to ransomware in 2017 — the year...

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NiceHash Breach

The cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash mentioned that its payment system had been affected by data breach. Contents of its Bitcoin wallet were stolen. Company didn’t mention the number of...

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Cyber Attacks

Austin Manual Therapy mentioned that they suffered data breach due to unauthorized access to its system. As per the reports, limited parts of the system were accessed. There is no data which shows that...

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Almost One Third U.S. Businesses breached in 2017

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. businesses were affected by a data breach in the 2017. The analysis was done by HSB of 403 senior executives in the U.S., and conducted by Zogby Analytics. Company...

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