Month: October 2018
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Pervasive Emotet Botnet Now Steals Emails
After a month of laying low, the ubiquitous Emotet botnet has come alive again with a new module that siphons email messages from machines …
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Nice work if you can get it: GandCrab ransomware nets millions even thought it has been broken
The infamous GandCrab malware infection has netted its operators an estimated nine-figure payout from targeting large, high-value corporate …
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Qualys Snaps Up Container Firm
Security firm Qualys has agreed to acquire Layered Insight in a move intended to build on the capabilities of its current container …
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US government charges two Chinese spies over jet engine blueprint theft
The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese spies with stealing jet engine blueprints through a series of online hacks over the …
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Cyber Security Roundup for October 2018
The government publically accused Russia’s military ‘GRU’ intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber-attacks, and named …
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How the Power of Quantum Can Be Used Against Us
There has been a palpable shift from volumetric attacks to “quantum attacks,” and they are looking to be one of the biggest cybersecurity …
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Tomorrowland festival goers affected by data breach
Tomorrowland, a major international music festival, has revealed a data breach potentially affecting around 60,000 attendees. This one is a …
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Spooky miasmic gas bricks hospital iPhones (mwah ha ha ha)
Earlier this month, an IT admin at Morris Hospital near Chicago started receiving complaints that dozens of staff iPads, iPhones, and Apple …
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#SecuringEnterprise Talking Risk to Boards
In a panel focused on securing the enterprise at a conference by the same name hosted by MIT CSAIL and BT Security, moderator Michael …
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Your Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Checklist
In the pursuit of data protection, businesses nowadays face more hurdles in the security landscape than ever before. We know there’s a …
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#SecuringEnterprise: Facing Threats Then and Now
At today’s Securing the Enterprise Cybersecurity Conference hosted by MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) …
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