Podcast: What We've Learned from the Year of the Breach

This podcast is sponsored by Arctic Wolf. Large-scale data breaches hitting organizations like Capital One and Georgia Tech in 2019 show that companies continue to be targeted in malicious cyberattacks that expose customers’ personal data and valuable records. Threatpost host Cody Hackett sat dow...

Top Zero Days, Data Breaches and Security Stories of 2019: News Wrap

From data breaches and the ransomware epidemic to new regulation and an outcry around data privacy, 2019 has been a wild ride for the infosec community. Threatpost breaks down the top news stories, trends and topics for this year. Listen to the full podcast or download direct. For a lightly-edite...

It’s Time for Your SOC to Level Up

Given an ever-increasing cyberattack surface, a global security workforce shortage, as well as an increased frequency and sophistication of attacks, security operations centers SOCs need to leverage better tools – namely artificial intelligence AI – in order to manage threats. An organization’s S...

A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

This post was co-authored by Wendy Zamora and Chris Boyd. All opinions expressed belong to your mom. Back in the days before climate change stretched frigid winter months directly into the insta-sweat of summer, there was a saying about March: in like a lamb, out like a lion. The same might be sa...

Top 5 Essential Features of Effective Cybersecurity for Web Apps

There's hardly any business nowadays that don't use computers and connect to the Internet. Companies maintain an online presence through their official websites, blogs, and social media pages. People use online services to conduct day to day activities like banking. And of course, there are many...

Top 5 Essential Features of Effective Cybersecurity for Web Apps

There's hardly any business nowadays that don't use computers and connect to the Internet. Companies maintain an online presence through their official websites, blogs, and social media pages. People use online services to conduct day to day activities like banking. And of course, there are many...

Chrome Will Automatically Scan Your Passwords Against Data Breaches

Google's Password Checkup feature will be fully integrated into the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome 79...

Pairing Privacy and Security with Digital Identities in Retail

As today’s customer expectations for digital shopping continue to escalate, many online retailers are leveraging consumers’ unique digital identities to provide a seamless and secure account registration and login process. However, it’s important to recognize the security and privacy implications...

Four More Years… of Remediation

Last week, I read a blog from Brian Krebs about how a recent study showed that ransomware data breaches at hospitals are tied to an uptick in fatal heart attacks. Whenever I see an article with “fatal” and “cyber” in the title, I usually use it as a proof point for why we need less FUD in the...

Why DNS Visibility Matters in Education

My colleague in Spain recently wrote an informative article about DNS Protection and why it's a must-have security solution for any company. Building out on this topic, I would like to look specifically at the Education market and what the consequences can be if DNS Visibility is not taken...

Top 5 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Predictions for 2020

We distilled 30 independent reports dedicated to cybersecurity and cybercrime predictions for 2020 and compiled the top 5 most interesting findings and projections in this post. Compliance fatigue will spread among security professionals Being a source of ongoing controversy and debate, the...

ThreatList: Healthcare Breaches Spike in October

October experienced a 44.44 percent month-over-month increase in healthcare data breaches, resulting in 661,830 healthcare records exposed or stolen during the month. That’s according to the Health and Human Services HHS Office for Civil Rights’ monthly report reported via HIPAA Journal. The...

Austin Man Indicted for Stealing Unreleased Music from Artists

A 27-year-old man who allegedly impersonated a music producer in an effort to nab unreleased music from various artists has been indicted. If convicted, he faces 27 years in prison on charges of conspiring with others to commit wire fraud, computer intrusion and committing aggravated identity...

Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains

On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground's largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. KrebsOnSecurity has learned this latest batch of cards was siphoned from four different...

Microsoft Outlook for Android Bug Opens Door to XSS

Users of the Microsoft Outlook for Android app should update their apps to avoid a range of attacks. The bug CVE-2019-1460 would allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting XSS attacks on the affected systems and run scripts in the security context of the current user, according to...

Online Phishing: How to Stay Out of the Hackers’ Nets

Despite the growing popularity of social media and messaging apps, email remains the preferred way to communicate online for millions of Americans. And the bad guys know it. Of the 28.6 billion cyber-threats Trend Micro blocked globally in the first half of 2019, over 24.3 billion were carried by...

Hackers Dump 2.2M Gaming, Cryptocurrency Passwords Online

The passwords and other personal data of more than 2.2 million users of two websites were revealed online as the result of data breaches that happened earlier this year, a notable security researcher warned. Personal information belonging to the users of cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub and...

Americans Concerned and Confused Over Privacy, Survey Reveals

Call it a case of Facebook privacy breach fatigue. When asked, Americans say companies do a worse job than the government when it comes to protecting data collected on their behalf. They also complain potential risks they face because of data collection by companies outweigh the benefits. The...

WhatsApp Remote Code Execution Triggered by Videos

Facebook has quietly patched a vulnerability in the popular WhatsApp messaging platform, which could be exploited to launch remote-code-execution or denial-of-service attacks on victims. Attackers can exploit the flaw merely by sending a target user a video — specifically, a specially crafted MP4...

Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation

Researchers warn hackers are putting a new spin on old injection techniques and successfully end-running endpoint protection. They are tracking a campaign, that kicked off in January, that is still going strong exploiting weaknesses in web browsers. The objective is to hide in the background of...