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HealthEquity: 23000 Accounts Compromised Due To Email Breach

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Sometimes all it takes is one employee to spark a cybersecurity wildfire, as HealthEquity learned this week. The company, which handles more than 3.4 million health savings accounts, suffered a data breach when an unauthorized person accessed an employee's email account.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 15, 2018

Court Trial Of Insider Trading Case Over Hacked Press Releases

We didn’t know the information that made us rich was stolen from PR agencies! That appears to be the defence proffered by two defendants in the hacked press release trial.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 14, 2018

Webcam Security Risks: Minor Bugs Create Major Cyber Threats

More insecure webcams! Inattention to IoT security! Who would have thought?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 13, 2018

UK Watchdog Penalty: Yahoo's $334K Fine For 2014 Data Breach

Another fallout from the massive Yahoo data breach that dates back to 2014: The UK’s data watchdog has just issued a £250,000 (~$334k) penalty for violations of the Data Protection Act 1998.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 12, 2018

Marcus Hutchins Faces New Charges For WannaCry Malware Incident

Any hopes that Marcus Hutchins, the British security researcher credited with stopping WannaCry, might have harbored about a quick resolution of a US malware case against him were dashed this week with the FBI slapping four new charges against him.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 10, 2018

Chinese Hackers Steal Undersea Warfare Data From US Navy Contractor

Hackers associated with the Chinese government have broken into a US Navy contractor's systems and stolen data about undersea warfare. According to The Washington Post, these include secret plans to create a new anti-ship missile usable on US submarines by 2020.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 09, 2018

NATO's Response Strategies to Ransomware and Cyber Threats

"Oops, your files have been encrypted!" This was the chilling message that greeted hundreds of thousands of computer users last summer.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 09, 2018

Bugcrowd's 2018 Report Shows Major Growth In Bug Bounty Programs

The past year was a big one for bug bounties, with more programs offering more money to more researchers. Bug bounty programs grew 40% year-over-year, the average payout per vulnerability rose 73% to reach $781, and the number of Bugcrowd researchers grew by 71%.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 08, 2018

Nation State Attacks: GCHQ Insights on Evolving Cyber Threats

The former director general of GCHQ Robert Hannigan took to the keynote stage at Infosecurity Europe 2018 to discuss the evolving cyber-threat landscape, describing how – whilst changes in sophistication of lone actors and cyber-criminals are increasing the challenges of keeping data secure – it is the rise of nation state attacks that is “possibly the biggest change in the last couple of years.”

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 07, 2018

Survey: One Third Of Firms Might Pay Ransom Instead Of Enhancing Security

A third of organisations would consider paying a ransom to hackers instead of investing more in security a survey has claimed.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 04, 2018

Ticketfly Hacked: Exposed Customer Data By IsHaKdZ Incident

Ticket distribution service Ticketfly was hacked by a culprit who took responsibility for defacing the company's homepage with a message citing poor security as the reason for not apologizing.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 03, 2018

Canadian Banks Report Potential Fraudulent Data Exposure Alert

Two Canadian banks confirmed on Monday that they have been contacted by ‘fraudsters’ claiming to have in their possession personal and financial information on tens of thousands of customers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 31, 2018

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FBI Warning: Joanap and Brambul Malware Targeting Key Industries

US authorities have provided more details of two pieces of malware which, they said, are used by North Korean hackers to infiltrate computer systems and steal passwords and other data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 30, 2018

Karim Baratov Sentenced: Five Years For Yahoo Account Breach

A Canadian man has been handed down a five-year prison sentence for his part in a Russian government conspiracy which resulted in the compromise of 500 million Yahoo accounts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 30, 2018

FBI Alert: Reboot Your Routers Against VPNFilter Malware Threat

The FBI is urging small businesses and households to immediately reboot routers following Cisco's report that 500,000 infected devices could be destroyed with a single command.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 29, 2018

Over One-Third Of Healthcare Providers Targeted By Cyber-Attacks

More than one in three healthcare providers have suffered a cyber-attack over the past year, with 10% paying a ransom or other extortion-related fee, according to Imperva.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 27, 2018

XENOTIME Hacker Group Expands Threats Against Critical Infrastructure

The nation-backed hacker group behind the TRITON/TRISIS malware attack is increasing its nefarious activity, putting critical infrastructure systems in danger of future cyber attacks, according to Dragos Security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 25, 2018

Safeguard Your Business Against Ransomware Threats Today

According to Verizon’s latest annual Data Breach Investigations Report, ransomware continues to be one of the biggest issues in the world of hacking. In fact, according to the report, ransomware is the most used type of malicious software, and so far has been the cause of 39 percent of malware-related data breaches in 2018, which is more than double that of last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 23, 2018

Ruslan Bondars Convicted: 35 Years For Aiding Hackers Against Anti-Virus

Scan4You, the largest known counter anti-virus website, went offline in May 2017 when two men were arrested in Latvia and extradited by the FBI to the United States.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 22, 2018

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Syrian Electronic Army Members For Hacking

A federal grand jury has returned an 11-count indictment against two Syrian men, who have been charged with multiple counts of aggravated identity theft and their involvement in a conspiracy to commit computer hacking as members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 20, 2018

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