New research by Kenna Security confirms that vulnerabilities are patched faster in firms that have a mature vulnerability management program. While this is hardly surprising, the study also reveals …
Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrency
Earlier this year, several employees at a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine connected part of the internal network to the Internet in order to mine cryptocurrency, authorities said. The …
China is Spying on Cancer Research
The three biggest cyber threats to healthcare organizations are cyber espionage, data theft and destructive cyber attacks, a new FireEye report indicates. According to the study, threat actors are …
MoviePass exposed thousands of unencrypted customer card numbers
The American subscription-based movie ticketing service MoviePass has leaked the payment card details of tens of thousands of customers via an unsecured database. The leaky server was discovered by …
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Silence APT Group Broadens Attacks on Banks, Gets More Dangerous
Over the last year, the financially motivated Silence hacking group primarily targeted banks and final institutions in Asia, Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union states, but its rapid expansion …
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Hackers Want $2.5 Million Ransom for Texas Ransomware Attacks
The threat actors behind the coordinated ransomware campaign that hit entities in Texas last week are demanding $2.5 million in ransom, the mayor of one city affected by the attack announced this …
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Researcher Discloses Second Steam Zero-Day After Valve Bug Bounty Ban
The security researcher who recently disclosed a zero-day privilege escalation flaw in Steam because the developer had dismissed the issue, has now released a second flaw of the same type in the …
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A botnet has been cannibalizing other hackers’ web shells for more than a year
Security researchers at Positive Technologies are tracking a major botnet campaign that attacks web shells used by threat actors as part of other malware campaigns. The hackers behind the botnet …
Companies Act to Defend Privacy of Kazakhstanis
Google and Mozilla this week took steps to undermine the efforts of the Kazakhstan government to intercept all HTTPS traffic within its borders. Kazakhstan started the practice last month. A report …
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Employee Error Behind Half of Industrial Network Incidents
A new report by Kaspersky shows that employee mistakes are the leading cause of industrial cybersecurity incidents. Last year, 52% of such incidents were the result of human error. Despite growing …
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