Add that to the US$1.4 billion that the massive security incident two years ago has cost the company so far The breach at credit bureau Equifax, which began almost exactly two years ago and lasted for 78 days, is making the headlines again. Credit rating agency Moody’s has cut its rating outlook for Equifax from
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Cryptopia, an exchange that was hacked and subsequently went into liquidation in May, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. Grant Thornton will be handling the preservation of the data stored and hosted on servers with an Arizona-based firm, according to Yahoo News. The bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York issued an
by Lisa Vaas Is it true that most people only read the first four lines of email, as this Twitterer suggests? If so, a cynic might assume, as did IT consultant Dave Hall, that the marketing department at a company that’s just suffered a massive data breach likely know that… and, hence, shoehorn in their
You have superstar employees who run your business like it’s their own. They use new apps to collaborate with coworkers, vendors, and customers to get work done when it needs to get done. They’re moving your business closer and closer to the cloud. Sounds fantastic! Let them do their thing! But what information is being
Nearly 1 million Windows systems are still unpatched and have been found vulnerable to a recently disclosed critical, wormable, remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)—two weeks after Microsoft releases the security patch. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to easily cause havoc around the world, potentially much worse
When FireEye reported its earnings last month, the outlook was a little light, so the security vendor decided to be proactive and make a big purchase. Today, the company announced it has acquired Verodin for $250 million. The deal closed today. The startup had raised over $33 million since it opened its doors 5 years
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from the European Union to the US, will be heard by Europe’s top court this summer. The General Court of the EU has set a date of July 1 and 2 to hear the complaint brought
It is not uncommon for a corporate perimeter security strategy to be based on a series of appliances. Intrusion prevention devices, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) and application firewalls are part and parcel of a multi-tier security perimeter. Deploying multiple physical devices, however, can be a logistical nightmare; as a consequence, security functions are good candidates for
Most IT security professionals believe GDPR non-compliance is commonplace, as the landmark data protection legislation turns one tomorrow, according to Infosecurity Europe. Over 6400 industry practitioners responded to a Twitter poll run by the leading cybersecurity event, which runs from June 4-6. Some 68% said they thought many organizations have likely not taken the GDPR
by Lisa Vaas The latest ripple in the years-long, lawsuit-jammed, regulators-aggravating brouhaha known as batterygate: Apple has pledged to warn iPhone owners if an update is likely to slow down their phones. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Wednesday that Apple has agreed to “notify consumers in a clear manner” if an
With summertime just around the corner, many people are planning vacations to enjoy some much-needed R&R or quality time with family and friends. Airbnb offers users a great alternative to a traditional hotel experience when they are looking to book their summer getaways. However, it appears that cybercriminals have used the popularity of the platform
An anonymous hacker with an online alias “SandboxEscaper” today released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 10 operating system—that’s his/her 5th publicly disclosed Windows zero-day exploit [1, 2, 3] in less than a year. Published on GitHub, the new Windows 10 zero-day vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue that could
Most people wouldn’t think too much of a computer crammed into a briefcase — but if it’s one of the few remaining examples of the first computer ever built by Apple? That’s a whole different story. An original Apple I from 1976 — as hand-built by Steve Wozniak — just sold for £371,260 (or
Planning to join us and more than 1,200 other startuppers at Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December? That’s great news, but this is even better; you can save €200 off the super-early-bird ticket price if you sign up for our mailing list. Here’s the catch: You must sign up before registration officially opens, and that
Canadian organizations are being warned that they are increasingly becoming the targets of cyber-threats, with researchers discovering nearly 100 malicious email campaigns that have been specifically targeting Canadian audiences, according to new research from Proofpoint. The emails were customized for either Canadian organizations or a more general Canadian audience, a May 23 blog post said.
by John E Dunn Apple thinks it has come up with a way for advertisers to track how well their ads are doing without (*gasp*) compromising user privacy. It sounds like a tall order but according to John Wilander, WebKit engineer and architect of Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), a technology called Privacy Preserving Ad
As Europe heads to the polls this weekend (May 23-26) to Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) representing the 28 EU Member States, the threat of disinformation campaigns aimed at voters looms large in the minds of politicians. Malicious players have every reason to try to undermine trust in established politicians, and push voters towards the political
Wohooo! Great news for privacy-focused users. Tor Browser, the most popular privacy-focused browser, for Android is finally out of beta, and the first stable version has now arrived on Google Play Store for anyone to download. The Tor Project announced Tuesday the first official stable release of its ultra-secure internet browser for Android devices, Tor
Six years ago, British intelligence officers walked into the offices of The Guardian newspaper in London and demanded its staff destroy computers they believed stored highly classified documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. In the basement of the newspaper’s offices, editors used angle-grinders and drills to destroy the computers in an effort to render
Last week, Trump signed an executive order that enabled the federal government to prohibit U.S. companies from buying telecom equipment from foreign companies at their discretion. This week, the full damage began to feel apparent to China’s fastest-growing smartphone powerhouse, Huawei. American companies, at the behest of Trump and company, began turning on the Chinese
While affirming Equifax’s senior unsecured rating at Baa1 and short-term rating at Prime-2, Moody’s Investor Services downgraded the company’s outlook from stable to negative due to the 2017 cyber-attack. “The outlook revision to negative reflects weaker operating performance and credit metrics than originally expected following the cybersecurity breach in 2017,” the May 17 rating action
What phone app has over 150 million active users and more than 14 million uploads every day? You might guess Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, but you’d be wrong. Meet TikTok — a video app kids are flocking to that is tons of fun but also carries risk. What Is It? TikTok is a free social
by Paul Ducklin If crooks want to sneak into your system, they have quite a few choices. They could do some serious hacking, using vulnerabilities and exploits to bypass the security checks you already have in place and tricking your servers into running software they’re not supposed to. Or they could find out how to
Cybersecurity experts all echo the same thing – cyber attacks are going to get more rampant, and they will continue to pose severe threats against all technology users. Businesses, in particular, have become prime targets for cybercriminals due to the nature of data and information they process and store. 2018 saw a slew of data
This week, the Equity duo of Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm convened to get some quick hits in about Slack’s WORK, Luckin Coffee and Sam Altman’s departure from Y Combinator. They then dug a bit deeper into the money around food: DoorDash and Sun Basket both raised this week. And what is a discussion about
The U.S-China trade war is increasingly influencing tech. Huawei has suffered a turbulent past week with key suppliers pausing work with the company, and now China’s largest chipmaker is planning to delist from the New York Stock Exchange. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) announced in a filing published Friday that it plans to delist next
ESET sheds light on commands used by the favorite backdoor of the Sednit group What happens when a victim is compromised by a backdoor and the operator is controlling it? It’s a difficult question that is not possible to answer entirely by reverse engineering the code. In this article we will analyze commands sent by
CrowdStrike and NSS Labs have officially ended their two-year legal battle with a confidential settlement agreement. CrowdStrike, an endpoint protection vendor based in Sunnyvale, Calif., issued a statement to SearchSecurity Friday saying, “CrowdStrike and NSS Labs have resolved the lawsuits between them pursuant to a confidential settlement agreement.” The CrowdStrike-NSS Labs legal battle began in
In response to news that multiple Snapchat employees abused their privileged access to spy on users, reported by Motherboard, the social media platform said the allegations are false. “Two former employees said multiple Snap employees abused their access to Snapchat user data several years ago. Those sources, as well as an additional two former employees,
by Danny Bradbury Can you call malware art? That’s the question up for debate this week as Chinese Internet artist Guo O Dong puts a laptop hosting a collection of viruses up for auction. Well-heeled patrons certainly seem to think it’s art – bidding had reached a cool $1.2m at the time of writing. Dong
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