One of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has been forced to suspend account withdrawals and deposits after being hit by a major online heist. South Korea’s UpBit issued the temporary suspension notice on Wednesday followed by a message from Lee

WhatsApp recently patched a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS situation. The vulnerability can be tracked as CVE-2019-11932. The vulnerability resides “libpl_droidsonroids_gif” library which is the part of the android-gif-drawable package. The library

The number of global organizations fully compliant with PCI DSS regulations has fallen for the second year in a row to just under 37%, according to a new report from Verizon. The firm’s annual Payment Security Report (PSR) has tracked

Kaspersky has fixed several flaws affecting the web protection features implemented in some of its security products Kaspersky has addressed several vulnerabilities in the web protection features implemented in its antivirus solutions, including Internet Security, Total Security, Free Anti-Virus, Security

Optiv Security has confirmed that it is “downsizing” its London-based organic operations. In a statement sent to Infosecurity, a statement said that after it expanded its global footprint to the UK in January 2018, the company has conducted a comprehensive

Google was forced to deliver more than 10,000 warnings of government-backed attempts to spear phish its global users over just a three-month period earlier this year, the firm has revealed. In an update from the tech giant’s Threat Analysis Group

Finland has become the first European country to issue cybersecurity labels to networking smart devices. The new labeling system was announced yesterday by Traficom, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. IoT devices that bear a cybersecurity label are guaranteed to

Microsoft revealed that the new Dexphot cryptocurrency miner has already infected more than 80,000 computers worldwide. Security experts at Microsoft analyzed a new strain of cryptocurrency miner tracked as Dexphot that has been active since at least October 2018. The

A new online privacy bill put forward by senators in the US proposes granting citizens the right to request that their personal data be deleted from companies’ records. The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would provide consumers with foundational

Kali Linux is an advanced penetration Linux distribution used for digital forensics and penetration testing purposes. The operating system has more than 600 penetration-testing programs. It is built on the top of the Debian distribution, the first version of Kali

The government of Estonia lost internet access after hungry rats chewed through fiber-optic cable located underground near the country’s capital, Tallinn. Estonian State Portal www.eesti.ee–a secure internet environment through which the country’s residents can easily access state e-services and information–was

A large chunk of the digital economy’s future will depend on the success of the 5G wireless services. In turn, 5G’s success will depend in good part on it’s ability to resist, survive and recover from a variety of traditional

Cyber-criminals are increasingly focusing data stealing and ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations (HCOs), with detected infections increasing by 60% from 2018 to the first three quarters of this year, according to Malwarebytes. The security vendor’s Cybercrime tactics and techniques: the

A group under the Magecart umbrella adopted a new tactic that leverages on MiTM and phishing attacks to target sites using external payment processors. Security experts at RiskIQ continue to monitor activities of several Magecart groups, recently they spotted a

RIPlace a new evasion technique that allows threat actors to encrypt files on Windows-based computers without being detected by anti-ransomware products. Nyotron’s Security researchers discovered a new technique that leverages Microsoft Windows file system rename operations to stay undetected from

A new study has found that the financial losses caused by cyber-incidents affecting multiple parties are vastly more devastating than those that stem from any single-party incident. According to the Ripples Across the Risk Surface study, published today by Cyentia