Cybercriminals are offering over a million dollars per year to skilled professionals like vxers and penetration testers to help them in extortion campaigns. According to a new report published by the security firm Digital Shadows cybercriminal organizations are willing to

As 2018 rounded to a close, Malwarebytes predicted that Emotet and Trickbot were the future of malware, and the third annual State of Malware Report released today confirms that the Trojan families spread wildly, most often targeting the education, government,

The vast majority of senior decision makers across the globe expect data theft and cyber-disruption to increase in 2019, according to the latest report from the World Economic Forum (WEF). The annual Global Risks Report for 2019 uses interviews with

Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products, including high severity flaws in HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance. Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products,

A Point of Sale (POS) solutions provider has revealed it was hacked last month, leading to data slurping malware being placed on the networks of multiple clients across the US. Minnesota-based North County Business Products said in an updated notice

Sydney Airport is preparing to open a new 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) to mitigate the growing risk of data and information security threats. The organization revealed the news in its annual report, claiming the first phase of the SOC,

A sophisticated attack is leveraging the ability to evade detection with the use of a rapidly changing Trojan attack pattern, according to researchers at GreatHorn. The research team identified what it called a widespread Trojan pattern that uses multiple different

Entrust Datacard has announced a definitive agreement to acquire nCipher Security. Less than a month after nCipher de-merged from Thales, the deal will see nCipher’s identity-based and PKI security solutions become part of Entrust, enabling Thales to complete its acquisition

An analysis of multiple top password manager products has revealed vulnerabilities in the tools they use that could potentially put the security of user’s credentials at risk, according to Independent Security Evaluators (ISE). A new study, Under the Hood of

Google on Wednesday revealed that it forgot to inform users that its Nest Secure home alarm system includes a microphone. Google announced this week that it forgot to inform users that its Nest Secure home alarm system includes a microphone. “The

WhatsApp recently implemented Face ID and Touch ID authentication for Apple iOS app, but unfortunately, it can be easily bypassed. Earlier February, WhatsApp introduced Face ID and Touch ID authentication for its iOS app to allow users to lock the

Microsoft says Russian APT28 group carried out multiple cyberattacks on democratic institutions in Europe between September and December 2018. Microsoft revealed that hackers belonging to the cyber espionage group APT28 (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM)

There was a major rise in Chinese state-sponsored cyber-activity in 2018 while Russian actors were by far the most operationally effective, according to the latest report from CrowdStrike. The security vendor’s 2019 Global Threat Report tracked the relatively new metric

Experts have welcomed the introduction of a new globally applicable European standard designed to drive improvements in baseline security for consumer-grade IoT products. Introduced today by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the standard will hopefully encourage manufacturers to improve

Ethical hackers have to “pretend and think like a criminal” as attackers think in the opposite way that a defender thinks. Speaking at Check Point Experience in Vienna, ethical hacker and Cygenta co-founder Freaky Clown (FC) said that he is