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...
View ArticleCyber 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...
View ArticleNiceHash 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...
View ArticleRansomware 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...
View ArticleDevices 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...
View ArticleICS 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...
View ArticleIoT 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleIoT 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....
View ArticleData Breach at Forever 21
Retailer Forever 21 recently suffered data breach. Affected information includes credit and debit card information at some Forever 21 locations. Third party notified the company about the breach. “We...
View ArticleDDoS 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,...
View ArticleRansomware Attack and Phony Websites
ECKAAA East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging (ECKAAA) mentioned that they were affected by the ransomware attack.The incident left files encrypted and inaccessible to the company. Cybersecurity...
View ArticleDevice Theft Incidents
Brevard Physician Associates Brevard Physician Associates mentioned that it was burglarized which possibly affected health data for 7,976 patients. The incident came to notice when the company saw...
View ArticleGhostwriter AWS Issue
Skyhigh Networks researchers is warning about “GhostWriter,”. This entity misconfigures Amazon S3 buckets to allow public write access for a malicious third party to launch man-in-the-middle (MiTM)...
View ArticleDHS and FBI warns of APTs Targeting
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have recently mentioned in a statement that an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign is specifically...
View ArticleBreaches in US Financial Service Organizations
As per the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, forty two percent of U.S. financial services organizations got affected by data breach. Survey saw participation of 1,100 senior security executives...
View ArticleNorth Korea Hackers Hit US Companies
FireEye researchers recently mentioned that spear phishing emails were sent to U.S. electric companies which can be traced back to North Korea. The emails contained fake invitations to a fundraiser....
View ArticleNorth Korean Hackers
South Korean ruling party lawmaker Lee Cheol-hee said that North Korean hackers have stole 235 GB of data from South Korea’s Defense Integrated Data Center which includes operational plans created by...
View ArticleOutsourcing Solution for Skill Gap?
A recent survey shows that there is huge skill gap in security staff. Three hundred and fifteen IT security professionals participated. Seventy two percent mentioned that it is difficult to hire...
View ArticleFast Flux Botnets is a Security Risk
Attackers use many techniques which is hidden in nature. Akamai research mentioned that a botnet with over 14,000 IP addresses uses fast flux DNS technique to avoid detection. It is technique which...
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