Magecart, the payment-card-skimming malware, has taken another victim, Kitronik, a leading supplier of electronic project kits in the UK. According to recent news from The Register, the company was the latest victim of Magecart’s global payment-card-skimming malware. Kitronik suffered a

Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Veracode for $950 million, on the same day that its parent CA Technologies were acquired by Broadcom for a reported $18.9 billion. Veracode were acquired by CA Technologies in March

Have you ever stopped to think just how much your life is worth? I mean really think about it. For instance, let’s say you wanted to sell everything you have – your house, your car, your job, your private life,

Windows Defender, the Windows built-in anti-malware tool, implemented the ability to run in a secure sandbox mode. The mechanisms allow detonating an application in a safe environment that is isolated from the operating system and other applications. This means that

Based on studies and interviews with corporate board members and chief information security officers (CISOs), the Cyber Balance Sheet, published by Focal Point Data Risk and produced by the Cyentia Institute, found that boardrooms are engaging in more conversations about

According to a new report published by Vectra, there is a key distinction between attacks that probe IT networks for information about critical infrastructure and those attacks that actually target industrial control systems (ICSs). The 2018 Spotlight Report on Energy

Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports also working with the United States Navy has suffered a serious security breach. Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports working with the US Navy has suffered a serious security breach, hackers accessed

A cyber attack on a French firm Ingerop allowed attackers to access confidential documents related to nuclear power plant plans in France. The hacker stole more than 65 gigabytes of documents back in June, the huge trove of documents includes

Iran’s critical infrastructure and strategic networks were attacked with what is reportedly a more sophisticated variant of the decade-old Stuxnet attack, according to Reuters. Iran’s head of civil defense agency, Gholamreza Jalali, told reporters that the newly discovered next-generation of

According to the Symantec experts, the group behind the SamSam ransomware has continued to launch attacks against organizations during 2018. According to the experts, the group behind the SamSam ransomware has continued to launch attacks against organizations during 2018, they

Emails continue to be cyber-criminals’ vector of choice for distributing malware and phishing, according to a report released today by Proofpoint. The Quarterly Threat Report Q3 2018 found that the frequency of email fraud attacks and the number of individuals

News Overview The third quarter 2018 turned out relatively quiet in terms of DDoS attacks. “Relatively” because there were not very many high-level multi-day DDoS onslaughts on major resources. However, the capacities employed by cybercriminals keep growing year after year,

The US authorities have continued to step-up the pressure on China with the indictment of two intelligence officers, two insiders and six hackers, most of whom were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to steal aviation secrets. Two intelligence officers, Zha

The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information of the members of its loyalty scheme. The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information (name, address (including country of

In his keynote speech at the Securing the Enterprise 2018 conference in Cambridge, MA, BT Security president Mark Hughes said that when it comes to the threats enterprises and government are facing, the global network is telling us that old