In the first half of 2019, Kaspersky registered 9 times as many attacks on its Internet of Things (IoT) honeypots as it did in the same period last year, a new report shows. Honeypots are decoy …
Apple Mac Hack Warning: North Korea Uses Fake Cryptocurrency Companies To Break Into macOS
The infamous North Korean hacking collective known as Lazarus Group is using a sophisticated new attack technique in order to compromise macOS systems, a security researcher has discovered. In the …
M6, one of France’s biggest TV channels, hit by ransomware
French media empire M6 Group was hit by ransomware on Saturday, leading to disruptions of its phone and email systems. However, the incident did not impact any of the group's TV channels, radio …
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Tactics of Supply-Chain Attack Group Exposed
Recent research by ESET has uncovered some of the tactics and tools used by the Winnti hacking group that has been carrying out supply-chain attacks against gaming companies since at least 2011. The …
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Shipping giant Pitney Bowes hit by ransomware
Shipping tech firm Pitney Bowes has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to take down a great number of internal systems, resulting in major service disruptions. The company said that it "has …
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These are the 29 countries vulnerable to Simjacker attacks
Last month, AdaptiveMobile Security warned that threat actors are actively exploiting a security weakness in SIM cards in order to covertly collect the location information of thousands of users. The …
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FIN7 Hackers Load New RAT Malware Into ATM Maker’s Software
New research by FireEye's Mandiant group shows that the infamous FIN7 cybercrime group is using new hacking tools in order to target ATMs produced by NCR Corporation. The new tools include a malware …
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Iran-Linked ‘Charming Kitten’ Touts New Spearphishing Tactics
Iranian state-backed hacking group APT 25 (also known as Charming Kitten, Phosphorus, Ajax Security Team, NewsBeef and Newscaster) has updated its attack techniques to carry out a spearphishing …
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ICS cybersecurity investment should be a priority in protecting operations from disruption
A new Tripwire study reveals that the overwhelming majority (93%) of ICS security professionals are worried about disruptive cyberattacks impacting business operations or resulting in downtime of …
AppSec ‘Spaghetti on the Wall’ Tool Strategy Undermining Security
In order to mitigate application security risk, organizations often use a 'spaghetti on the wall' approach, meaning that they use lots of different tools and hope for the best, a new Radware report …
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