The U.S. populace is as divided as it has been in a long time – and the tempestuous climate could lead to a surge in activity among hacktivists seeking to make a statement.
In the words of Phil Reitinger, president and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance: “Cybersecurity needs to be a basic human right.” In part two of this two-part series, we examine ways to better serve the underserved, economically challenged communities.
In part one of a two-part series, SC Media examines how businesses and institutions in poorer or underserved regions may be less equipped to fight off cyberattacks than their well-funded counterparts in affluent cities.
When these new threats do strike, victims may be at an even greater disadvantage than usual because of the lack of intelligence to create useful threat profiles.
The trojan hit the popular point-of-sale and ATM software developer, infecting computers in a lab outside the U.S., SC Media learned exclusively from Prevailion CEO Karim Hijazi.
The validation vulnerability in Google Drive could result in users downloading malware.
Aside from following the law, companies should also take care that their bug bounty payments are adhering to responsible corporate policies that define what constitutes a legit payment and what constitutes extortion.
Regardless of whether or not the incidents are connected, the latest attack will carry ramifications, exacerbated by the combined effects of previous incidents.
Mike McLellan, senior security researcher at Secureworks, talks about the discovery and investigation of one recent Chinese attack campaign that revealed how nation-state actors will leverage any code at their disposal.
Linux users should not assume they are safe from the ambitions and reach of reputed Russian hacking group Fancy Bear, which has been using a newly disclosed malware toolset to establish a command-and-control connection with infected Linux systems. Called Drovorub, the toolset essentially creates a backdoor that enables file downloads and uploads, the execution of…
