Cyber Security Newsfeeds from around the world
There’s no doubt email is the number one vector used to initiate attacks on organisations, and of those email attacks, phishing is king. According to a recent survey Mimecast conducted with Vanson Bourne, 94% of enterprise organisations had seen untarg…
Continue Reading. Some techniques Beijing will use are similar to past episodes of industrial planning. Others are newer, reflecting China’s recently acquired economic strength and confidence. By
Two weeks ago Abacus examined the extent to which China lags behind the…
Continue ReadingBank card— check! Shopping list— check! Lumbar back support pillow— check! Noise canceling headphones— check! And, of course, coffee— check! If you’re an Amazon shopper, then you know by now that is nigh! And by that, we mean “tomorrow.” Prime Day If y…
Continue Reading#1221581: Oracle to release fixes for 334 vulnerability patches. Oracle announced it will be releasing a critical patch on July 17 which will address 334 security vulnerabilities, with the most critical of which having a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 9.8. The…
Continue ReadingThe US is continuing its quest to try Silk Road’s foreign leaders . Irish resident Gary Davis (aka “Libertas”) has been extradited to the US to face charges over his alleged involvement in the dark web outfit as an administrator. He faces charges of co…
Continue ReadingA recent breach at Ticketmaster was just “the tip of the iceberg” of a wider, massive credit card skimming operation, new research has found. At least 800 e-commerce sites are said to be affected, after they included code developed by third-party compa…
Continue ReadingHackers caught selling remote desktop protocol (RDP) access to hacked machines on Dark Web for $10. RDP shops emerge again and this time even bigger. The RDP remote desktop protocol developed by Microsoft that allows a user to access another computer r…
Continue ReadingNew Delhi: The government has mandated giving preference to locally produced cyber security products in all public procurement where intellectual property rights are owned by companies or start-ups incorporated in India. The Ministry of Electronics and…
Continue ReadingOrganizations have a lot on their hands when it comes to managing cybersecurity risks. There’s always some new threat to deal with; but luckily, there are also a number of ways organizations can combat these threats. One of these ways, somewhat lesser …
Continue ReadingSummary Cisco Talos has identified a highly targeted campaign against 13 iPhones which appears to be focused on India. The attacker deployed an open-source mobile device management (MDM) system to control enrolled devices. At this time, we don’t know h…
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