Unsecure Communication Remains an Industrywide Problem Marianne Kolbasuk McGee Sutter Health’s revelation that a former employee inappropriately sent patient information to a personal email account in violation of the organization’s…
Day: September 15, 2015
Russian Cybercrime Rule No. 1: Don't Hack Russians
Russian Authorities Have Increasingly Arrested Hackers Who Hack Russians Mathew J. Schwartz Security experts trace many of the world’s cybercrime attacks to Russia, as well as other former Soviet bloc…
Traders pay $30m to settle newswire hacking case
Two defendants settle after a multi-million dollar asset freeze By Martyn Williams The Securities and Exchange Commission says two of the 32 parties charged with profiting from information hacked from…
Malvertising Campaign Rages Undetected For 3 Weeks
Instead of injecting nasty code into ads, attackers pose as legitimate advertisers and manipulate ad networks’ chain of trust. Sara Peters Although malvertising campaigns are usually detected after a few…
DDoS attacks more sophisticated, rising threat to business - report
Max Metzger Neustar, a provider of real-time cyber-security information, has released its research on DDoS attacks in the EMEA. The findings come as part of Neustar’s larger report on DDoS…
Travel apps riddled with security flaws
The biggest problem was a lack of encryption for data at rest By Maria Korolov The top 10 travel apps in the iOS and Android app stores are all riddled…