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Almost a quarter of UK and German businesses (23%) believe the GDPR may have resulted in a greater risk of data breaches, six months after the legislation was introduced. The findings come from a new survey by Thales eSecurity which

Another massive data breach announcement has made headline, this time for healthcare and wellness program provider Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare Systems, according to a joint announcement from Atrium Health and AccuDoc. After one of its third-party vendors,

Security researcher Jacob Burroughs (@maths22), discovered that Copay-related libraries were targeted by a hacker who gained legitimate access to a widely used JavaScript library, according to GitHub. The attacker was reportedly publishing rights to EventStream, the library loading the malicious

A new malspam campaign hit Italy in this days, threat actors are spreading a new variant of a powerful downloader named sLoad. sLoad is a sophisticated script, used in the past to deliver different types of malware such as the

For several years now, it has been a widely accepted truth that a green padlock in a website’s URL indicated that the site was secure; however, Krebs on Security reported that “Half of All Phishing Sites Now Have the Padlock.”

Ransomware attacks continue to threaten the healthcare industry, the last incident in order of time impacted the Ohio Hospital System. The ransomware attack infected computer systems at the East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center reportedly caused the

‘Tis the season for cyber-scams, according to the new Holiday Threat Report from Carbon Black. The report compared cyber-attack data over the last two years and found that once cyber-attacks spike on Cyber Monday, they will likely remain elevated throughout

Security researchers at F-Secure have recently uncovered a small spam campaign aimed at delivering spyware to Mac users that use Exodus wallet. Security experts at F-Secure have recently spotted a small spam campaign aimed at Mac users that use Exodus

A self-proclaimed leader in enabling operational intelligence, OSIsoft, maker of PI system software, announced an ongoing investigation into a data breach that likely compromised all domain accounts. On 16 November, the company reported that it was experiencing a security incident

Researchers at AppRiver uncovered a very trivial phishing campaign targeting the streaming service Spotify, anyway, it is important to share info about it. Security researchers at AppRiver uncovered a phishing campaign targeting the popular streaming service Spotify. The phishing campaign

Facebook updates its bug bounty program, it is increasing the overall rewards for security flaws that could be exploited to take over accounts. Facebook announced an important novelty for its bug bounty, the social media giant is going to pay

The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow

The advanced persistent threat (APT) group GreyEnergy has been targeting industrial networks across Ukraine and Eastern Europe for years, and according to analysis of the group’s activity, the attacks begin with a malicious document sent in a phishing email. Nozomi

Online payment fraud losses are set to more than double over the next five years to reach a staggering annual figure of $48bn, according to Juniper Research. The analyst’s latest report, Online Payment Fraud: Emerging Threats, Segment Analysis & Market

A security researcher used Twitter to warn users about about malware embedded in fake apps available on Google Play. Lukas Stefanko, malware researcher at ESET, reported the malicious apps to the Google security team, noting that 13 apps have been

In an attempt to undermine the security industry’s effort to educate end users about phishing campaigns, malicious actors are evolving in their tactics, according to Zscaler. In a recent blog published by Zscaler Threat LabZ, Deepen Desai and Rohit Hegde