CCTV systems slide open a backdoor into your biz network

Cameras can ‘can easily provide a gateway’ to internal servers, study finds. John Leyden Closed circuit TV systems, designed to protect organisations’ physical assets, commonly create holes for hackers to…

Compromised data goes public as Staminus recovers from attack

Security firm responsible for anti-DDoS protection still recovering from last week’s incident. By Steve Ragan Over the weekend, nearly 50GBs of compromised data was published to the Web after an…

Chinese hackers turn to ransomware

Chinese hackers are launching sophisticated ransomware attacks – in which they hijack machines and demand payment to decrypt them, according to reports. Four separate security firms have spotted attacks they…