Intel says devices are rebooting more than usual after being patched with fixes it has issued to the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws in its chips. The company said it…
Month: January 2018
North Korea's finest spent 2017 distributing RATs, wipers, and phish
And sent them mostly to South Korea, naturally By Richard Chirgwin North Korea’s black hats launched at least six extensive malware campaigns mostly against South Korean targets during 2017. That’s…
Three-Quarters of Businesses Saw Phishing Attacks in 2017
Tara Seals The war against phishing is still on, with 76% of organizations experiencing phishing attacks in 2017. Further, nearly half of information security professionals surveyed said that the rate…
Contractor hacks former employer, destroys and corrupts data
Edward Soybel was let go by W. W. Grainger and subsequently hacked his way back into the company to access customer databases to destroy and corrupt the data. By Christopher…
Firms buy insurance 'in mad panic' as cyber-attacks soar
By Matthew Wall With cyber-attacks increasing in frequency and severity, many companies are turning to insurance to cover their mounting losses. But can insurers quantify the risk accurately and could…