Collaborate Disseminate
Mobility is central to today’s business environment, enabling workers to bring their own devices and connect from remote locations to the company network. However, this practice opens the door to hackers, and CIOs in the United States and Eu… Continue reading More than Half of CIOs Suspect Their Mobile Workers Have Been Hacked in the Past 12 Months
“Monetize your business with your users’ CPU power.” That’s the alluring promise to make a fortune overnight through crypto-mining, the practice of using computing power to generate cryptocurrency – digital money that can … Continue reading Creator of cryptocurrency miner Coinhive reveals his identity
Semiconductor giant AMD said today that attackers wouldn’t likely abuse the vulnerabilities recently found in its products: they would need administrative access, and that kind of access would allow for far more effective attacks than the exploit… Continue reading AMD downplays CPU flaw discovery, says hackers would need admin rights anyway
Calendar apps aren’t exactly the rage, but one developer has managed to squeeze in just enough functionality to get people to pay for it, and even to mine cryptocurrency for the seller in exchange for premium features. It’s the story of Cal… Continue reading Mac developer slides in crypto-miner in exchange for premium features, Apple doesn’t mind
Ransomware, the prolific malware that locks down computer files until the victim pays to regain access, remains the fastest-growing cyber threat, targeting users from the regular Joe to entire corporate networks.
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Enterprises and small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) worldwide in 2018 are bolstering their security strategies based on Europe’s upcoming data protection regulation, with a new poll showing more than half of organizations pledge to add identity and… Continue reading GDPR prompts companies worldwide to plan for stronger security, study shows
Authorities in Iceland have detained 11 people in what local media call the “Big Bitcoin Heist.” Thieves reportedly made off with $2 million worth of Bitcoin-mining hardware from data centers on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula. The hig… Continue reading Big Bitcoin Heist: thieves in Iceland steal Bitcoin-mining equipment worth an estimated $2 million
An increase in cyber threats and a failure to learn from past incidents place the security of data, infrastructure and assets at risk, according to a new threat landscape report.
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Following a unanimous warning from the intelligence community about growing cyber threats, cybersecurity professionals agree that a catastrophic data breach to their organization is inevitable. Worse still, most IT execs fear the world could be on… Continue reading Most IT professionals believe state-sponsored attacks might lead to cyber war
Dutch technology vendor Philips has issued a security advisory to warn clinics that motivated hackers could get ahold of sensitive patient data by exploiting recently discovered vulnerabilities in its IntelliSpace Portal imaging software. As part of it… Continue reading Philips warns clinicians of remote-access vulnerabilities in its imaging software