R.I.P. root9B? We Hardly Knew Ya!

root9B Holdings, a company that many in the security industry consider little more than a big-name startup aimed at cashing in on the stock market's insatiable appetite for cybersecurity firms, surprised no one this week when it announced it was ceasing operations at the end of the year. Founded ...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Slash Risk of Cyber Attacks by 85%

If a CISO needed to cut cyber attack risk by 85%, how would this security chief go about accomplishing that? Would the CISO even know where to begin? It’s safe to say that such a mandate would be considered daunting, and maybe even overwhelming. CISOs are scrambling to protect IT infrastructures...

Devilish ONI Attacks in Japan Use Wiper to Cover Tracks

NotPetya has shown the way for attackers who want use ransomware as a cover for a deeper incursion. The latest example is a wave of wiper attacks hitting organizations in Japan for possibly as long as the last nine months. Researchers at Cybereason this week said they had detected targeted attack...

D-Link MEA Site Caught Running Cryptocurrency Mining Script—Or Was It Hacked?

Last month the popular torrent website The Pirate Bay caused some uproar by adding a Javascript-based cryptocurrency miner to its site with no opt-out option, utilizing visitors' CPU power to mine Monero coins in an attempt to gain an extra source of revenue. Now D-Link has been caught doing the...

‘IOTroop’ Botnet Could Dwarf Mirai in Size and Devastation, Says Researcher

A botnet, which is adding new bots every day, has already infected one million businesses during the past month and could easily eclipse the size and devastation caused by Mirai. The malware and botnet, dubbed IOTroop, was spotted in September by researchers at Check Point who warn that 60 percen...

How A Drive-by Download Attack Locked Down Entire City for 4 Days

We don't really know the pain and cost of a downtime event unless we are directly touched. Be it a flood, electrical failure, ransomware attack or other broad geographic events; we don't know what it is really like to have to restore IT infrastructure unless we have had to do it ourselves. We loo...

Amazon's Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores

Another day, another data breach. This time Amazon-owned grocery chain has fallen victim to a credit card security breach. Whole Foods Market—acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late August—disclosed Thursday that hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to credit card information for it...

Deloitte: ‘Very Few Clients’ Impacted by Cyber Attack

Deloitte, one of the “big four” global accounting firms, admitted Monday it fell victim to a cyber attack ,but downplayed the incident saying it only affected a few of its high profile clients. Details around the incident are hazy but according to The Guardian, which broke the news Monday morning...

Deloitte Hacked — Cyber Attack Exposes Clients' Emails

Another day, another data breach. This time one of the world's "big four" accountancy firms has fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber attack. Global tax and auditing firm Deloitte has confirmed the company had suffered a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of confidential information,...

Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw

The massive Equifax data breach that exposed highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people was caused by exploiting a flaw in Apache Struts framework, which Apache patched over two months earlier of the security incident, Equifax has confirmed. Credit rating agency Equifax is yet another...

Angelfire: CIA’ Undetectable Implants Infect Windows Boot Sector

By Uzair Amir WikiLeaks suffered a cyber attack earlier today, but that couldnt stop the whistleblowing platform This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Angelfire: CIA Undetectable Implants Infect Windows Boot Sector...

August 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hamilton” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 22, 2017 - Headlines The Intelligence Community’s Top 3 Cybersecurity...

August 9, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Jesse Owens” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 9, 2017 - Headlines Take Down: Hackers Looking to Shut Down Factories fo...

Alleged vDOS Operators Arrested, Charged

Two young Israeli men alleged by this author to have co-founded vDOS -- until recently the largest and most profitable cyber attack-for-hire service online -- were arrested and formally indicted this week in Israel on conspiracy and hacking charges. On Sept. 8, 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a...

HBO Hacked — 'Game of Thrones' Scripts & Other Episodes Leaked Online

If you are a die heart fan of 'Game of Thrones' series, there's good news for you, but obviously bad for HBO. Hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including episodes of HBO shows yet to release online and information on the current season of Game of Thrones. What's more? T...

British Hacker Admits Using Mirai Botnet to DDoS Deutsche Telekom

An unnamed 29-year-old man, named by authorities as "Daniel K.," pleaded guilty in a German court on Friday to charges related to the hijacking of more than one Million Deutsche Telekom routers. According to reports in the German press, the British man, who was using online monikers "Peter Parker...

Exploit Kit Attacks on the Rise as Astrum Emerges

While the cyber security industry noticed a reduction in exploit kit attacks during 2016 as well as early into 2017, these are still veritable threats that organizations must be aware of. Exploit kits typically follow a four-stage attack scenario, resulting in dangerous infections such as...

July 7, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Spiderman” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! July 7, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Residents of these states ar...

Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked! Over $1 Million Worth Bitcoin and Ether Stolen

One of the world's largest Bitcoin and Ether cryptocurrencies exchanges Bithumb has recently been hacked, resulting in loss of more than $1 Million in cryptocurrencies after a number of its user accounts compromised. Bithumb is South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange with 20% of global ethe...

A week in security (June 26 – July 02)

Last week, we offered our readers tips on how to detect phishing attempts, gave an overview of Google's Be Internet Awesome campaign, supplemented an ongoing series on adware, and introduced the Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection to those who aren't already in the know. We also pushed out a number ...