New tool tracks detections on systems where traditional anti-virus failed to detect a problem By Steve Ragan Tracking real-world scans on systems over the first six months of 2017, Malwarebytes…
Month: November 2017
Coding Error Locks Users Out of $280m in Ether
Phil Muncaster Users of popular crypto-currency wallet Parity were left locked out of almost $300m in funds after a user triggered a coding error, it has emerged. The firm deals…
Privileged Accounts Usually Poorly Managed, if Managed at All
Tara Seals Privileged IT accounts, those administrator “unicorn” accounts that grant virtually unlimited access to nearly every component of a company’s IT infrastructure, sensitive systems and data, are mostly poorly…
WhatsApp: How the supermarket voucher scam works
Scammers have used WhatsApp to trick people into handing over personal information by tempting them with bogus supermarket vouchers. The messenger app was used to send fake vouchers to people,…
Verso Group data hoarder fined by UK watchdog
A company that specialises in asking the public to take part in “surveys” in which the answers are then used to target respondents with unsolicited marketing calls has been fined.…
Just 35% of Corporate Attorneys Feel Prepared for a Data Breach
Tara Seals Only about a third (35%) of top corporate attorneys feel their organizations are prepared for a data breach. That’s according to a survey from Grant Thornton LLP, which…