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Over Half of ICS Companies Experienced Security Incidents Last Year

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Over half of companies operating industrial control systems (ICS) worldwide suffered between one and five IT security incidents in the last year. The findings come from Kaspersky Lab’s 2017 The State of Industrial Cybersecurity report, which polled more than 350 industrial cybersecurity practitioners. At the same time, the survey found that 83 percent of respondents […]… Read More

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14-Year-Old Japanese Teen Arrested for Allegedly Creating Ransomware

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Japanese authorities arrested a 14-year-old teen on Monday for allegedly creating and spreading ransomware. According to reports, the third-year junior high school student is suspected of combining free encryption programs to create the malicious software. The teenager admitted to creating the malware on Jan. 6 and uploading it to a foreign website, where it was downloaded […]… Read More

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Hackers Breach Kmart’s Store Payment Card Systems

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Kmart is informing customers that their credit card details may have been stolen after learning of a security breach involving its payment processing systems. Sears Holdings, Kmart’s parent company, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, but did not disclose any information regarding the number of stores affected or when the incident occurred. The Illinois-based department store […]… Read More

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Survey: Over Half of Medical Device Makers Expect an Attack on Their Devices In the Next Year

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

A new survey found that 67 percent of medical device manufacturers and 56 percent of healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) believe an attack on their devices is likely to happen within the next 12 months. Despite the risks, however, a mere 17 percent of device makers and only 15 percent of HDOs say they are taking significant […]… Read More

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Survey: Over Half of Medical Device Makers Expect an Attack on Their Devices In the Next Year

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

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Target Agrees to $18.5 Million Settlement with States

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Target Corp. has reached an agreement with 47 states and the District of Columbia, resolving investigations on the infamous 2013 breach that exposed 41 million customer payment card accounts. According to an announcement by the Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office on Tuesday, the agreement is the largest multi-state data breach settlement to date. Target […]… Read More

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Nearly 10% of PCs Running Unpatched Windows Operating Systems, Finds Survey

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

According to a recent survey, about 1 in 10 PC users (9.8 percent) in the US ran unpatched Windows operating systems in the first quarter of 2017 – up from 6.8 percent the previous year. The findings come from Flexera Software’s latest Personal Software Inspector Country Report, which aims to highlight the state of security among PC […]… Read More

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Brooks Brothers Alerts Customers of Year-Long Payment Card Breach

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Brooks Brothers announced on Friday that it recently learned of a potential credit card breach, affecting customers who shopped in-store over the past year. In a press release, the men’s clothing retailer – which operates more than 400 stores worldwide – said potentially compromised information included cardholder names, account numbers, card expiration dates and verification codes. […]… Read More

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Over 50 Google Play Apps Found Serving Adware, Warn Security Researchers

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Maritza Santillan

Dozens of applications available on Google Play were found delivering a strain of adware capable of collecting users’ personal information. Security researchers at Sophos identified the adware library as Android XavirAd and its information-stealing component as Andr/Infostl-BK. Detected in more than 50 Google Play apps, including several with millions of downloads, XavirAd is believed to […]… Read More

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