July 2017 - GeekWire

Dutch police share list of identified, active, and arrested Hansa vendors and buyers

31 July 2017

A couple of weeks ago, AlphaBay and Hansa, two of the most popular dark web marketplaces were busted and seized by European law enforcement authorities. AlphaBay founder Alexandre …

Exposed IoT servers let hackers unlock prison cells, modify pacemakers

31 July 2017

Lucas Lundgren sat at his desk as he watched prison cell doors hundreds of miles away from him opening and closing. He could see the various commands floating …

Iranian Hackers Ensnared Targets via Phony Female Photographer

31 July 2017

She’s a London-based young professional photographer, an Arsenal FC fan, and she’s interested in learning more about the region where her LinkedIn, Facebook, and Blogger connections live. Her …

Ransomware Attack on Merck Caused Widespread Disruption to Operations

31 July 2017

New information released last week by pharmaceutical giant Merck reveals that a cyberattack that hit the company on June 27 caused significantly more disruption to its operations than …

Ad industry body issues first certificates for anti-malware best practices

31 July 2017

The digital advertising industry’s cybersecurity assessment and information-sharing organization has issued its first set of anti-malware certifications, signing off on measures against cyberattacks taken by nine companies who represent …

Hacker claims to have stolen unreleased ‘Game of Thrones’ episodes, report says

31 July 2017

HBO may have become the latest Hollywood victim of cybercrime, according to a new report. On Monday, HBO Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler sent an email to HBO employees …

Anthem Medicare Patients Hit with Breach

31 July 2017

Medicare patients on its insurance roster may be affected by identity theft, thanks to a potentially malicious employee at a third-party company that provides insurance coordination for the …

Amazon CloudWatch Events Gains Cross-Account Event Delivery

31 July 2017

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently added cross-account event delivery to Amazon CloudWatch Events to support use cases such as tracking of events across an entire organization and handling …

Anthem Hit with Data Breach of 18,580 Medicare Members

31 July 2017

Anthem recently learned that 18,580 of its Medicare members may have been victims of identity theft, after its third-party coordination services vendor LaunchPoint Ventures discovered an employee had …

BIOS Firmware Implementation Vulnerabilities Disclosed at Black Hat

31 July 2017

Today’s topics include researchers revealing BIOS firmware implementation flaws at the Black Hat security conference; a report on how antivirus software’s use of the cloud is exposing customers …

Hackers Hijacked A Chrome Extension And Forced Ads On Over 30,000 Users

31 July 2017

Sometimes cybercriminals go straight after users. Ransomware attacks are a good example of that approach. Read full news article on Forbes.com

Good Luck Microsoft: Russian antitrust authorities to rule on Kaspersky complaint soon

31 July 2017

Udachi Microsoft: Russian antitrust authorities to rule on Kaspersky complaint soon by Surur 1 min ago Kaspersky has been running a battle against Microsoft’s free Windows Defender software …