Israeli forensics firm claims it can unlock any iPhone on iOS 5 to iOS 11

A company based in Israel has become the go-to entity for unlocking virtually any iDevice sold by Apple running iOS 5 to 11, according to anonymous sources. Apple puts a great deal of effort into locking down its hardware from prying eyes to ensure the privacy of end users. It goes as far as to […]

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CISOs should report directly to the CEO, study shows

Keeping senior leadership abreast of security strengths and vulnerabilities has become a top priority, according to financial sector Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). And direct communication with the CEO has become imperative, as strong cyber defenses require increasingly rapid decision-making.

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U.S. Secret Service warns hackers use endoscopes to clean out ATMs

You read that right. The first “jackpotting” attacks are unfolding in the U.S., with hackers using medical endoscopes to look inside front-loading ATMs and locate components where they can tether a laptop, inject malware and make the ATM spit out all its cash. A notice to financial institutions by the US Secret Service reveals that […]

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Businesses rushing to adopt new tech are opening more doors to hackers – research

While modern technology makes possible new business models to drive growth and profitability, digital transformation opens your business to more cybersecurity risks, according to a survey by Thales and 451 Research.

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Pro tip for 2018: treat the ransomware threat like an imminent hard drive failure

With the General Data Protection Regulation knocking on everyone’s door, breaches will have to be taken more seriously than ever. At the same time, new data indicates that ransomware attacks are rising steeply, which means neither organizations nor regular users can afford to sit around with their arms crossed. Ransomware attacks doubled in 2017, and […]

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Dutch ministers to use ‘safe phones’ on trips to ‘difficult countries’

The Dutch secret service “Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst” (AVID) has kicked off a program to equip ministers with ‘safe phones’ on foreign trips to thwart attempts by hackers to intercept their communications. The dumbed-down Tiger/S 7401, developed by a company called Sectra, resembles an old-school Nokia handset with physical buttons and nothing but call & […]

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OnePlus hacked; credit card info of 40,000 customers compromised

Hackers attacked the web site of smartphone manufacturer OnePlus and compromised credit card information of up to 40,000 customers, the Shenzhen, China-based company has confirmed. In a January 19 forum post, OnePlus reveals a malicious script was injected into its payment page code after hackers successfully penetrated one of its systems. The script ran intermittently […]

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‘Im Sorry’ – Second Indiana hospital hit by ransomware

The very day that Hancock Health fell victim to a ransomware attack, another hospital in Indiana suffered a similar breach. Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, said the attack did not affect the quality and safety of patient care. As the story goes, on December 11 an employee at Adams Memorial Hospital noticed […]

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Any organization could be the target of a data breach in 2018, digital identity experts say

Fraudsters have moved from making a fast buck to crafting more ambitious, targeted attacks that produce long-term profits, according to an extensive analysis of real-world cybercrime attacks.

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Ransomware attack drives Indianapolis hospital back to pen and paper

A hacker out to make a fast buck last week decided to hit an Indianapolis hospital with a ransomware attack, demanding a ransom payment to his Bitcoin wallet in exchange for de-crippling the facility’s computer network. Hancock Health fell victim to the attack sometime last week, when employees noticed the network started running more slowly […]

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Someone hacked Blackberry to steal computing power for mining cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive is again in the news for misuse by a customer, this time involving handset maker Blackberry. Apparently, someone hacked into the company’s global operations website and used it to steal visitors’ computing power to mine Monero – a digital currency. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero are digital currencies whose numbers […]

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Meltdown and Spectre: decades-old CPU design flaws put businesses at risk

Security researchers at Google this week made public two vulnerabilities in almost every modern processor shipped since 1995 that could allow attackers to steal passwords, encryption keys and other sensitive information.

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Behavioral biometrics will replace passwords by 2022 – Gartner

In just a few years, we can all safely forget those cumbersome passwords we use to secure and unlock our devices. And we will be able to thank on-device artificial intelligence (AI) for easing the strain on our memory, according to a forecast by Gartner. Gartner analysts believe on-device AI, as opposed to cloud-based AI, […]

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Russian ATM hacked with 5 keystrokes – Video

Slapping a full-size QUERTY keyboard on an automated teller machine is not the best way to keep the ATM safe from prying hands, as one Sberbank customer found out this holiday season. In early December, an employee of Russian website Habrahabr went to get some cash from a Sberbank ATM that incidentally had a full-size […]

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Europol releases dramatic video of Romanians arrested for spreading CTB Locker and Cerber ransomware

As part of an extensive law enforcement operation called “Bakovia,” Romanian authorities on Wednesday arrested five individuals suspected of infecting tens of thousands of computers across Europe and the United States using the infamous Ransomware-as-a-Service model leveraging two of the most criminally profitable ransomware strains – CTB Locker and Cerber. The Europol released a dramatic […]

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HP laptops found carrying keylogger in Synaptics touchpad driver

For the second time this year, Hewlett Packard (HP) computers have been found vulnerable to hacker attacks due to leftover debugging code that developers forgot to delete before shipping. A researcher using the Internet handle “ZwClose” recently discovered what was essentially a keylogger in the Synaptics Touchpad driver used in almost all HP laptops, as […]

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California healthcare provider gets $2 million penalty for leaking 50,000 patient records

Not-for-profit Cottage Health System has agreed to pay the state of California $2 million for suffering multiple data breaches between 2013 and 2015. Taking a leaf from the EU’s playbook, the state of California is demanding that the healthcare institution appoint a Chief Privacy Officer – the equivalent of a Data Protection Officer stipulated by European law.

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