Cyber Threats

December 14, 2016

December 2016 Adobe Patch Fixes Actively Exploited Vulnerability

An actively exploited vulnerability in Adobe Flash has now been patched. The December 2016 Adobe patch also fixes a further 16 Flash vulnerabilities rated as ...

December 13, 2016

Netgear Router Vulnerability Prompts US-CERT Warning to Stop Using the Devices

A Netgear router vulnerability that has remained unpatched for three months has now been publicly disclosed, placing users at risk of their devices being hacked. ...

December 9, 2016

323,000 New Malware Samples Being Discovered Every Day

According to the latest figures from Kaspersky Lab, there are now more than 323,000 new malware samples being released every day: An increase of 13,000 ...

December 2, 2016

Holiday Season Malware Infections Double in 2016

Holiday season malware infections are to be expected. Each year as more shoppers head online, Windows malware infections increase. According to figures from Enigma Software ...

November 18, 2016

Antivirus Software No Longer Sufficient to Protect Against Internet Threats

According to Darren Bilby, a senior security researcher at Google, antivirus software is no longer good enough to protect against Internet threats. Antivirus software still ...

November 9, 2016

Google Takes Action Against Websites that Repeatedly Serve Malware

Google is to take action against websites that are repeatedly used to serve malware, unwanted software, or are used to phish for information. Once a ...

November 1, 2016

Computer Virus Results in Cancellation of All Operations in Three UK Hospitals

A National Health Service Trust in the United Kingdom has reported being attacked with a computer virus. The incident was so severe it has forced ...

October 27, 2016

NetSkope Performs Analysis of CloudFanta Malware

A new report published by NetSkope Threat Research Labs casts some light on CloudFanta malware, which is currently being spread via spearphishing campaigns. CloudFanta malware ...

October 26, 2016

MediaPro Report Shows 88% of Employees Lack Understanding of Cyber Threats

MediaPro has recently conducted a survey on 1,000 employees and members of the public to find out more about the general level of security awareness. ...

October 24, 2016

Cloud Hosting Services Used to Host and Spread Malware

Major cloud services including Amazon’s AWS and the Google cloud platform are being used to distribute malware, according to security researchers. Georgia Tech graduate student ...

October 24, 2016

Phishing Scam Fools Baystate Health Employees and Exposes PHI

Phishing is a technique commonly used by cybercriminals as an easy way of gaining access to healthcare data. The aim of the scam is to ...

October 21, 2016

Dirty Cow Linux Kernel Security Flaw Being Actively Exploited

The Dirty Cow Linux kernel security flaw (CVE-2016-5195) discovered by a security researcher at software vendor Red Hat is being actively exploited in the wild. ...

October 12, 2016

Warning Issued About Hurricane Matthew Phishing Scams

US-CERT has issued warning about a spate of Hurricane Matthew phishing scams as cybercriminals attempt to defraud users and infect computers by taking advantage of ...

October 11, 2016

StrongPity Malware Masquerades as WinRAR and TrueCrypt Installers

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new malware named StrongPity which is being spread via bogus WinRAR and TrueCrypt installers. Infection with StrongPity malware ...

October 5, 2016

IoT Botnet Warning Issued by SANS Institute

The SANS institute has issued an IoT botnet warning and has urged security researchers to start monitoring the Internet for attempted IoT device attacks to ...

October 4, 2016

DressCode Android Malware Capable of Stealing Data from Corporate Networks

DressCode Android malware is now packaged into more than 3,000 apps, many of which are available through the Google Play store according to Trend Micro. ...

September 28, 2016

Cisco Patches Critical Email Security Appliance Vulnerability

A critical flaw that could be exploited to gain full control of a Cisco Email Security appliance has been patched. The flaw – CVE-2016-6406 – ...

September 12, 2016

Critical MySQL Database Vulnerability Discovered

A critical MySQL database vulnerability has been discovered which could allow hackers to gain full control of MySQL servers and MariaDB and Percona DB databases. ...

September 7, 2016

Healthcare Industry Must do More to Deal with the Threat from Phishing

The benefit of conducting simulated phishing attacks has been well documented, yet many healthcare organizations do not put anti-phishing training to the test. Consequently, knowledge ...

September 7, 2016

Organizations Slow to Address Cisco EXTRABACON Vulnerability

Researchers from security firm Rapid7 have been assessing the speed at which organizations have been addressing the EXTRABACON vulnerability, which was discovered to affect a ...

September 7, 2016

US-CERT Warns of Increased Threat to Network Infrastructure Devices

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning about the rising threat to network infrastructure devices following a spate of attacks. ...

September 6, 2016

Sophos Anti-Virus False Positive Prevents Users from Using PCs

Over the weekend, Sophos Anti-Virus products detected a Trojan on users’ computers that prevented them from logging onto their Windows devices. The malicious file was ...

September 1, 2016

Study Highlights Danger of Hidden Threats in Encrypted Traffic

A new study recently published by A10 Networks has highlighted the danger of hidden threats in encrypted traffic, and how important it is for organizations ...

August 15, 2016

McDonalds Philippines Chooses SpamTitan to Protect Users from Phishing Threats

Major restaurant chains are frequently targeted by cybercriminals seeking access to sensitive company information, corporate email accounts, and to gain a foothold to install malware ...

August 12, 2016

New Threat to Air-Gapped Computers Discovered

Researchers have already shown that data can be stolen through PC speakers and by manipulating fan noises, now a new threat to air-gapped computers has ...

July 12, 2016

All in One SEO Pack Plug-in Vulnerability Fixed

A serious All in One SEO Pack Plug-in vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor to gain access to the admin account on WordPress websites ...

July 7, 2016

New Apple Computer Malware Discovered

Because it is relatively rare for new Apple computer malware to be developed. Malware developers prefer to concentrate on malware to target Windows devices. It ...

June 14, 2016

New T2 Threat Intelligence Service Launched by PhishLabs

PhishLabs has launched a new T2 threat intelligence service that provides near-real time intelligence on Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and spear phishing campaigns. The new ...

May 26, 2016

Phishing Threat Greater Than Any Other Time in History

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released a new report on phishing that shows, during the first three months of 2016, phishing activity was greater ...

May 11, 2016

Adobe Warns of Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flash Vulnerabilities

Adobe has issued a warning about a new critical security vulnerability that is being actively exploited by hackers. The vulnerability affects Adobe Flash 21.0.0.226 and ...

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