Google Sees State-Sponsored Hackers Ramping Up Coronavirus Attacks

More than 12 government-backed groups are using the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage, according to a new report...

Zero-Day Warning: It's Possible to Hack iPhones Just by Sending Emails

Watch out Apple users! The default mailing app pre-installed on millions of iPhones and iPads has been found vulnerable to two critical flaws that attackers are exploiting in the wild, at least, from the last two years to spy on high-profile victims. The flaws could eventually let remote hackers...

Hackers Targeting Critical Healthcare Facilities With Ransomware During Coronavirus Pandemic

As hospitals around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus crisis, cybercriminals—with no conscience and empathy—are continuously targeting healthcare organizations, research facilities, and other governmental organizations with ransomware and malicious information stealers. The n...

The Results Are In: Defender Confidence Is On The Rise

Recently, I spent two weeks traveling across Europe talking with defenders, reporters, and leaders of security programs. While each country faces its own unique challenges and has its own needs, there were a few themes that were consistently present. Threat Outlook Report 2020. Naturally, we...

Announcing the Release of Malware Prevention for Linux

The VMware Carbon Black team has a mission to keep your entire organization safe from cyber attacks. To deliver on this for today’s landscape, the Carbon Black Cloud platform has added malware prevention for Linux to bring the entire protection lifecycle to Windows, macOS, and Linux. With Linux n...

Dark web hosting firm quits after hackers delete its database

By Sudais Asif A dark web hosting firm has quit its operation after being hit by one successful cyber attack after another. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web hosting firm quits after hackers delete its database...

Riding another wave of success for our multi-layered detection and response approach

The corporate endpoint is a constant battle between cybersecurity white hats and criminal attackers. According to one study from the Ponemon Institute, 68% of organizations were victims of an attack on the endpoint in 2019. The risks and costs associated with undetected threats are immeasurable...

On Cyber Warranties

Interesting article discussing cyber-warranties, and whether they are an effective way to transfer risk as envisioned by Ackerlof's "market for lemons" or a marketing trick. The conclusion: Warranties must transfer non-negligible amounts of liability to vendors in order to meaningfully overcome t...

What Now? Facing Cyber Threats to Infrastructure in the Aftermath of Global Political Conflicts

In January 2020, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a National Terrorism Advisory Alert warning American targets that the Iranian government may carry out physical or cyber attacks in retaliation for the US strike that killed Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq...

Coronavirus related cyber attacks hit HHS in US, testing center in Czech

By Deeba Ahmed Who could have imagined cyber criminals will use Coronavirus pandemic to steal data and make quick money? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coronavirus related cyber attacks hit HHS in US, testing center in Czech...

Beware of 'Coronavirus Maps' – It's a malware infecting PCs to steal passwords

Cybercriminals will stop at nothing to exploit every chance to prey on internet users. Even the disastrous spread of SARS-COV-II the virus, which causes COVID-19 the disease, is becoming an opportunity for them to likewise spread malware or launch cyber attacks. Reason Labs recently released a...

Security of Health Information

The world is racing to contain the new COVID-19 virus that is spreading around the globe with alarming speed. Right now, pandemic disease experts at the World Health Organization WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, and other public-health agencies are gathering information...

2 Chinese Charged with Laundering $100 Million for North Korean Hackers

Two Chinese nationals have been charged by the US Department of Justice DoJ and sanctioned by the US Treasury for allegedly laundering $100 million worth of virtual currency using prepaid Apple iTunes gift cards. According to a newly unsealed court document, the illicit funds originated from a $2...

Why Businesses Should Consider Managed Cloud-Based WAF Protection

The City of Baltimore was under cyber-attack last year, with hackers demanding $76,000 in ransom. Though the city chose not to pay the ransom, the attack still cost them nearly $18 million in damages, and then the city signed up for a $20 million cyber insurance policy. It's very evident that...

Why Businesses Should Consider Managed Cloud-Based WAF Protection

The City of Baltimore was under cyber-attack last year, with hackers demanding $76,000 in ransom. Though the city chose not to pay the ransom, the attack still cost them nearly $18 million in damages, and then the city signed up for a $20 million cyber insurance policy. It's very evident that...

Video: Ransomware a Growing Industrial Security Threat

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Operational Technology OT and Information Technology systems are merging and changing security playbooks. Here at RSA Conference 2020, Waterfall Security‘s CEO and co-founder Lior Frenkel describes the front lines of the convergence. Frenkel maintains that just as more...

Sen. Schumer Pushes for TSA Employee Ban on TikTok App at Work

The Transportation Safety Authority TSA has become the latest federal agency to ban the use of TikTok among its employees based on national-security fears over how ByteDance, the Beijing-based company that owns the app, uses the data collected by it. Some TSA employees have used the app to create...

Hackers can use flaw in Philips smart light bulbs to spread malware

By Sudais Asif Hackers can use this vulnerability to carry out a wide range of cyber attacks including ransomware infection. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can use flaw in Philips smart light bulbs to spread malware...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 30, 2020)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Be sure to pay close attention Tuesday for some changes we have coming to Snort.org. We’ll spare you the details for now, but please bea...

FBI Plans to Inform States of Election Breaches

The FBI has changed its policy around election cybersecurity and said it will now notify state officials in the event that local election systems are hacked. The move—revealed in a media briefing Thursday and then published online later that day—extends the number of election officials who are...