Social Networks Facebook Twitter ZooPark malware gets Stronger as Technology Advances It’s incredible to know Kaspersky Lab discovered and named the threats as ZooPark. In the past three years, this threat has been targeting victims in the Middle East. According to Alexey Firsh a security expert at Kaspersky
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- Employee Education Critical as Ransomware Threat Rises
| Key findings from Verizon’s 11th Data Breach Investigations Report show ransomware is increasingly becoming a common malware, figuring in 39% of 53,000 incidents and 2,216 breaches. | x |
- Companies Will Spend Billions on Cyber Security, 100 Percent of Web Apps Vulnerable: Study Report | Info security Center
| A recent study report points out that 100 percent of web applications are vulnerable to attack, despite billions that companies would spend on cyber security efforts. | x |
- A Ransomware That Used to Hold Passwords Hostage Now Shifts Focus to Hijacking PCs | Info security Center
| An interesting piece of news- a malicious website which was in fact set up to make visitors pay a cryptocurrency ransom has now reportedly changed its course. Now, instead of asking for a ransom, the malicious website hijacks your system’s processing power and does cryptocurrency mining, in the background. | x |
- Hackers Steal Millions From Mexican Banks by Targeting Payments System
| Mexico’s central bank Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon told journalists late Monday that the attack on the payment system was unprecedented and that he hoped that measures being taken would stop future incidents. | x |
- A Ransomware that hides itself, the evolution of SynAck
- New Cyber Security Strategies For Government Institutions
| The government faces threats from a growing set of sophisticated malicious personalities who seek to exploit cyberspace. It includes espionage, political and ideological interests and financial gain. | x |
- Wi-Fi Vulnerability That Can Expose Medical Devices and Patients’ Records
| The KRACK bug, a Wi-Fi vulnerability discovered a few months ago, impacts medical devices produced by Becton, Dickinson and Company and potentially exposes patient records. | x |
- How To Defend Yourself From New Cryptocurrency Malware
| New malware have been discovered in the cryptocurrency world. Based from a blog post by Radware, reports about a discovery by cybersecurity researchers. Cybercriminals are able to abuse a Chrome plugin named “Nigelify” with a malware code in order to steal personal information and secretly mine cryptocurrency. | x |
- Europe Union Strengthens Policies Over Data Protection
| The Internet holds most of the consumer’s data. When a consumer decided to log-in all of his information on his smartphone or laptop, several other devices, social media, banks, or the government can acquire his/her private information. To both public or private entities, the consumer’s information can be exposed. | x |
- Four Ways Malware Penetrate Enterprises
| New challenges face the IT team of many organizations which require careful analysis. All of this under the backdrop of decision makers trying to find a respectable balance between the financial aspect of the business and the cost of maintaining digital security and privacy. | x |
- Chrome Set to Retire the “Secure Site” Icon
| Microsoft lost its driver seat when Google Chrome took the lead from now deprecated Microsoft browser. Recently, Google has started to test their influence by announcing a change of behavior in Chrome. Also Google announced Chrome 69 will remove the green padlock icon to indicate an encrypted site. What is Google’s motivation for planning such a change? | x |
- University of Greenwich Fined for Data Breach
The University of Greenwich has suffered a data breach, following which the Information Commissioner has imposed a fine of £120000 upon the University, the breach involved the personal data of almost 20,000 people. | x |
- Z-Wave Technology Defends Itself from the Product Vulnerability Issue
| Vulnerability threatens the safety of more than 100 million Z-Wave Technology products. Researchers discovered that several smart home device users are now at risk to the hacking vulnerability of Z-Wave Technology. | x |
- 500,000 Routers Vulnerable to VPNFilter Attack
| According to a security blog posted by Cisco Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group, they have discovered that 500,000 SOHO routers from various manufacturers are vulnerable to “VPNFilter” malware. | x |
- BackSwap Virus vs Your Bank Account
| Emptying a bank account through a malware infection is science fiction turned reality. As security researchers at ESET divulged the existence of a malware that targets bank records of unsuspecting bank depositors. | x |
- The Truth About Government Open Source Software Vulnerabilities
| Microsoft is making good its promise of embracing open source software through its acquisition of Github.This may or may not be the start of a much more aggressive open source project audits to prevent vulnerabilities from existing for lengthy periods of time. | x |
- Understanding The European Union’s GDPR Policy
| The European Union forced the companies to intensify privacy-specific policies, making customers the key focus and the many ways how they interact with businesses. Global companies are now choosing to adopt a unified GDPR-compliant Terms of Service, instead of implementing a separate GDPR-friendly policy for EU countries. | x |
- How GDPR affects Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises
| Europe has blazed the trail for an improved level of protection of global consumer data, regardless of the nationality of the person who owns it. Even though the Internet knows no national boundaries, and is agnostic of regional policies, affected companies themselves understand the writing on the wall. | x |
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