A new malware recently surfaced with a very low detection rate and capability of delivering multiple Trojans to infect computers. The researchers from Fortinet found a sample file of a dropper that was flagged suspicious. Upon research, it was...
A recent research conducted by Peleg Hadar, a Security Researcher at SafeBreach Labs, exposed a local code execution vulnerability in Symantec’s Endpoint Protection service. As per Hadar, this vulnerability allowed an attacker “to bypass Symantec’s self-defense mechanism and perform...
In his role as an executive vice president/managing director in BCW’s New York Public Affairs & Crisis practice, Michael Estevez advises clients on crisis communications, issues management, litigation communications, and cybersecurity. Michael’s cybersecurity and privacy communications experience includes engagements...
The Los Angeles District Attorney urged travelers to avoid public USB power charging stations in hotels, airports, and other public locations. In a security alert published recently, the attorney stated that public charging points may contain dangerous malware that...
A recent discovery revealed that mobile applications that work with Bluetooth devices have a built-in design flaw that makes them vulnerable to hacks.
According to the academic researcher Zhiqiang Lin from the Ohio State University, the vulnerability lies in the...
(It’s only a matter of time.)
84% of CISOs in North America believe cybersecurity breaches are inevitable. And when you do get breached it will result in severe financial losses, loss of customers, and loss of reputation.
Identity theft is the...
Intel has stated that it fixed 77 vulnerabilities in its recently released November Patch Tuesday. It also said that, “67 of the 77 vulnerabilities we are addressing were internally found”. The company maintained that even though the internally found...
An infamous hacking group “Lizard Squad” claimed responsibility for the recent cyber-attack on the Labour Party. The hackers also warned that they are planning to launch a slew of such attacks, the Independent reported.
Lizard Squad stated that it has...
Visa, in a security alert rung alarm bells for eCommerce websites. Researchers at Visa’s eCommerce Threat Disruption (eTD) program found a new JavaScript skimmer called “Pipka”. It has already affected 16 eCommerce websites.
eTD is a proprietary Visa solution under...
By Rudra Srinivas
Cyber-attacks on healthcare organizations has become a trend in the last few years. With sensitive information of their patients with them, healthcare providers have become a hot favorite for attackers. According to Beazley Breach Insights Report, healthcare...
