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Security researchers from Arbor Networks’ ASERT lab have found that laptop recovery software LoJack appears to be used in a sophisticated, yet subtle, Russian state-sponsored attack scheme through remote code execution. The tool was created as an… Continue reading Anti-theft LoJack supposedly manipulated by Russian hackers to hijack computers
Businesses cannot come up with a mitigation strategy to efficiently detect, identify and manage insider threats, according to research from the Ponemon Institute, so they risk the loss of critical confidential data and resources, network shutdown … Continue reading Insider Threats Remain #1 Security Headache for Organizations, Research Shows
The European Union’s long-awaited privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), takes effect May 25. The law says companies operating across the EU, and implicitly dealing with citizens’ data, must clearly inform users how the… Continue reading Younger than 16? No more WhatsApp for you in Europe
In 2015, Russian hackers shut down Ukraine’s electrical grid after infecting the infrastructure with malware. It was only a matter of time until they would target the US power system. As of 2016, US critical operational infrastructures have … Continue reading Researchers Use Machine Learning, Cybersecurity Practices to Secure US Power Grid
The ease-of-exploit rating has made the financial sector a cybercrime magnet for years, especially for targeted extortion attacks. The industry has fallen victim to numerous security breaches, data exfiltration hacks, DDoS attacks taking down glob… Continue reading Financial Services Remains Hackers’ Most-Targeted Industry for Second Straight Year
LinkedIn joins the data privacy breach club after a researcher detected a major vulnerability in the AutoFill plugin – that allows members to autofill their information in forms on other websites. The bug was detected by researcher Jack Cable who… Continue reading LinkedIn fixes major bug in AutoFill plugin
A former employee of Alaskan regional airline PenAir has pleaded guilty to felony fraud associated with hacking attacks against the company’s ticketing and reservation system in the spring of 2017, announced the US Department of Justice. Suzette … Continue reading Alaskan airline hacker sentenced to 5 years’ probation
Some 120 closed cybercrime and scam groups were identified on Facebook by security journalist Brian Krebs in just two hours of research on April 12. Although Facebook deleted them hours after they were reported, research would likely turn up more group… Continue reading Facebook removes 120 cybercrime groups with 300,000 members
The Russian government is behind a number of cyberattacks that target network infrastructure devices such as routers, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) and firewalls in US homes and businesses for cyberespionage, informs a technical alert… Continue reading Kremlin accused of sponsoring cyberattacks targeting US national security
Users have accused Facebook of violating an Illinois privacy law by using facial recognition on photos without explicit user consent. Now, a US federal judge in San Francisco, ruled that the company must face a major class action lawsuit, according to … Continue reading User photo tagging brings major class action lawsuit for Facebook