Cyber-thieves are believed to have stolen about $500,000 (£390,000) in the Ethereum crypto-currency, with an investment scam. The thieves hijacked the website of finance security start-up Enigma and posted messages…
Month: August 2017
90% of Orgs Record Exploits for Vulnerabilities More than Three Years Old
By Michael Hill A new report from Fortinet has revealed that, in Q2 2017, 90% of organizations recorded exploits for vulnerabilities that were three or more years old. Even after…
Identity theft at epidemic levels, warns Cifas
By Kevin Peachey and Chris Johnston Identity theft is reaching “epidemic levels”, according to a fraud prevention group, with people in their 30s the most targeted group. ID fraudsters obtain…
LG Hit by WannaCry-Like Ransomware
By Phil Muncaster Security experts are scratching their heads after ransomware identical to WannaCry was found on LG self-service kiosks in South Korea this week. The kiosks, in LG service…
How hackers are targeting the shipping industry
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter When staff at CyberKeel investigated email activity at a medium-sized shipping firm, they made a shocking discovery. “Someone had hacked into the systems of the…
Don't panic, Chicago, but an AWS S3 config blunder exposed 1.8 million voter records
Personal info spills from another poorly secured Amazon service By Shaun Nichols A voting machine supplier for dozens of US states left records on 1.8 million Americans in public view…