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Security fail? One in three companies think paying hackers is worth the risk

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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

Customer Data Flies Away with Ticketfly Hacker

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

Two Canadian Banks Warn Customers of Possible Breach

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

Security alert: FBI warns of password-stealing North Korean malware

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

Spear-Phisher Gets Five Years for Helping FSB Yahoo Hackers

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 to all router users: Reboot now to neuter Russia's VPNFilter malware

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

One in Three HCOs Hit by Cyber-Attack

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

Report: Hacker group behind Trisis Malware expanding Activity in Middle East

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

Ransomware Most Commonly Used Malicious Software: How to Protect Your Business

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

Man faces up to 35 years in prison for helping hackers evade detection by anti-virus software

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

Syrian Electronic Army Members Indicted for Conspiracy

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

California Teen Arrested for Phishing Teachers to Change Grades

Bet nobody in your high school got in trouble for this: a 16-year-old hacker was arrested in Concord, California for launching a phishing campaign to steal teachers' login data and change grades. The student, whose name was withheld because he's a minor, faces 14 felony counts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 19, 2018

New Research Seeks to Shorten Attack Dwell Time

One of the major issues in IT security is not that attacks and exploits are successful. It's that they're successful and then go unnoticed for so long.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 18, 2018

Mexican Banks Lose Millions in SWIFT-like Attacks

As many as five Mexican banks may have been targeted by what appears to be a highly co-ordinated cyber-attack in which unauthorized transfers were made to bogus accounts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 15, 2018

White Hat Spoofs 2FA, Sends User to Phishing Page

Social engineering tactics are the bread and butter of hackers. Preying on trust, malicious actors are able to lure users into sharing personal information, even login credentials.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 14, 2018

Report: More Breaches Despite Increasing Security Budgets

Despite companies increasing their security budgets and investing a fortune in the best cybersecurity tools, organizations today are subject to more successful breaches than ever before – with five million data records lost or stolen every day, according to the fifth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report from CyberEdge group and sponsored by Gigamon.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 11, 2018

Former Iranian Hacker Exposes Cyber-Efforts

The Islamic Republic of Iran commonly responds to sanctions with offensive cyber-campaigns. Since at least 2009, Iran has relied on cyber-attacks to achieve many of its policy goals.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 10, 2018

Small Firms Up to 20 Times More Likely to be Breached

UK small businesses are up to 20 times more likely to suffer damaging data breaches than their larger counterparts, according to new data from Terbium Labs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 09, 2018

Trial set for Latvian accused of running malware operation

Jury selection is set to begin in Virginia in the trial of a Latvian man accused of running a hacking operation offering malware products and services to cybercriminals.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 08, 2018

Equifax Update Clarifies Breach Details to SEC

Under-fire credit reporting agency Equifax has released updated figures clarifying the types and volumes of data stolen in its massive 2017 breach.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 08, 2018

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