What Hacker History Can Tell Enterprises About Future Attack Strategy

There's an oft-quoted saying: "History repeats itself." For those that believe in the cyclical patterns that sometimes emerge over time, this aphorism definitely rings true. Today, we'll be applying this type of thinking to the cybercrime realm. Over the course of hacker history, numerous trends...

Medtronic defibrillators vulnerable to life threatening cyber attacks

By Waqas Defibrillators are electronic devices manufactured to save the lives of people with life-threatening heart conditions such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy HCM. But now, according to the Department of Homeland Security DHS, Medtronic defibrillators are vulnerable to cyber attacks allowing...

RSA Conference 2019: The Sky's the Limit For Satellite Hacks

SAN FRANCISCO – The satellites orbiting the world are rife with vulnerabilities – and as more satellites go up, and antenna equipment becomes cheaper, they are becoming a lucrative target for threat actors back on earth, according to researchers. William Malik, vice president of infrastructure...

This Week in Security News: Cloud Risks and Container Vulnerability

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about this year’s current uses and emerging risks of the cloud. Also, find out what new vulnerability was found in containers. Read on...

Know What’s on Your Network at All Times with Qualys Asset Inventory

Qualys has just launched a global IT asset inventory solution that offers full visibility across even the most hybrid, complex and distributed IT environments, addressing a challenge many security and IT teams face today. When IT directors and CISOs look at their digitally transformed networks,...

Cyber Risk Index – A Guide for CISOs and IT Security

Trend Micro has partnered with the Ponemon Institute to develop a new Cyber Risk Index CRI, which is intended to help CISOs and their IT Security teams better understand the current cyber risk compared to similar businesses of their size and industry. The CRI is based on a survey conducted by...

What you can learn from Cisco Talos’ new oil pumpjack workshop

Paul Rascagneres wrote this blog post with contributions from Patrick DeSantis from Cisco Talos ARES Advanced Research/Embedded Systems. Executive summary Every day, more industrial control systems ICS become vulnerable to cyber attacks. As these massive, critical machines become more...

Dailymotion Fights Ongoing Credential-Stuffing Attack

Dailymotion, the video-sharing platform, said Friday that it had fallen victim to a “large-scale” and ongoing credential-stuffing assault by attackers looking to harvest user data. The French YouTube competitor said in an alert that it has “successfully contained the attacks following the...

Millions of PCs Found Running Outdated Versions of Popular Software

It is 2019, and millions of computers still either have at least one outdated application installed or run outdated operating systems, making themselves vulnerable to online threats and known security vulnerabilities/exploits. Security vendor Avast has released its PC Trends Report 2019 revealing...

U.S. Issues Multiple Charges For 2016 SEC Hack

Two Ukrainains have been indicted in hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC in order to steal and sell non-public, confidential information from publicly-traded companies. The two have been charged as part of a large-scale conspiracy to hack the SEC’s computer systems and profit ...

U.S. Government Shutdown Leaves Dozens of .Gov Websites Vulnerable

As the U.S. federal shutdown continues, dozens of U.S. government websites have been rendered either insecure or inaccessible due to expired transport layer security TLS certificates that have not been renewed. In fact, .gov websites are using more than 80 TLS certificates that have expired,...

Get 10 Popular Books To Learn Advanced Hacking [2018 Bundle]

It should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is one of the most important and lucrative fields in the world right now, and it's becoming more important every day—thanks to a growing number of cyber attacks that are targeting everything from individuals and startups to Fortune 500 companies an...

Thousands of Internet connected hot tubs vulnerable to remote attacks

By Waqas Weak security practices have rendered IoT devices vulnerable to hacking and all sorts of cyber-attacks. According to the research from a Buckinghamshire-based security group Pen Test Partners, hot tubs can also be hacked using an app simply because there isn’t any authentication process ...

New Shamoon Variant

A new variant of the Shamoon malware has destroyed significant amounts of data at a UAE "heavy engineering company" and the Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem. Shamoon is the Iranian malware that was targeted against the Saudi Arabian oil company, Saudi Aramco, in 2012 and 2016. We have no ide...

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open to IoT Attacks

UPDATE Given that creating proof-of-concept PoC cyberattacks for the Internet of Things IoT is essentially like shooting fish in a barrel these days, perhaps it’s not exactly surprising that a new niche category has proven to present a fresh attack surface: electric vehicle EV charging stations...

Global IT Asset Inventory: The Foundation for Security and Compliance

Pablo Quiroga, Qualys’ Director of Product Management for IT Asset Management, talks about the new Asset Inventory solution When IT directors and CISOs look at their digitally transformed networks, they encounter many shadows that their legacy enterprise software tools can’t illuminate. These bli...

Real Identity of Hacker Who Sold LinkedIn, Dropbox Databases Revealed

The real identity of Tessa88—the notorious hacker tied to several high-profile cyber attacks including the LinkedIn, DropBox and MySpace mega breaches—has been revealed as Maksim Vladimirovich Donakov Максим Владимирович Донаков, a resident of Penza, Russian Federation. In early 2016, a hacker wi...

With The NASDAQ Bell Ceremony, We Kick Off The Next Leg of Imperva’s Incredible Journey

On Friday morning our CEO Chris Hylen and company execs rung the NASDAQ opening bell in New York, welcoming another day of trading for the world’s second-largest stock exchange; and taking full advantage of the opportunity to celebrate recent corporate milestones for Imperva. “I’m honored to be...

Cynet Review: Simplify Security with a True Security Platform

In 1999, Bruce Schneier wrote, "Complexity is the worst enemy of security." That was 19 years ago ! and since then, cyber security has only become more complex. Today, controls dramatically outnumber staff available to support them. The Bank of America has a $400-million cyber budget to hire...

Four Ways Layered Security Will Improve Your Detection and Response

It’s widely understood by cybersecurity professionals today that it’s no longer a case of if your organization gets attacked online but when. Trend Micro blocked more than 20.4 billion threats in the first half of 2018 alone, and the ready availability of “as-a-service” toolkits will continue to...