Bitcoin-seeking phishing attacks have been trying to socially engineer would-be cryptocurrency exchange executives, warn researchers at Secureworks. The attacks use Word documents with malicious macros and control code previously seen in attacks launched by the Lazarus Group, which has been tied to North Korea.
Bitcoin's massive rise in value and hype continues to draw the attention of hackers, scammers and organized crime. Flaws in bitcoin mining firmware and hacks of wallet software show that the infrastructure associated with cryptocurrency is not always well-secured.
Most of the criminal activity targeting today's enterprises originates at the endpoint, and the majority of modern breaches use known threats or vulnerabilities for which a patch already exists. For this reason, endpoint visibility must be complete and continuous.
The latest ISMG Security Report focuses on the significant changes found in the latest version of the U.S. government's Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, commonly known as the NIST cybersecurity framework. NIST seeks comments from stakeholders on the draft of version 1.1 of the framework...
Organizations should take an "inside-out" approach to mitigating the insider threat, says Brandon Swafford of Forcepoint, who explains the components of that approach in an in-depth interview.
The adoption of "unconventional" security controls that are risk-driven can help organizations adapt to the changing cyber threat landscape, says Jim Routh, CISO at health insurer Aetna.
A group of Russian-speaking hackers over the past year-and-a-half has stolen nearly $10 million from banks, mostly in the United States, Britain and Russia, the Moscow-based, according to cybersecurity firm Group-IB.
Cybercriminals continue to rely on individuals who undertake the risky operation of moving illicit proceeds from one location to another. But these "money mules" face a multitude of risks, including imprisonment, police warn.
Bitcoin: Is it the future of cash, a legitimate speculative instrument or a Ponzi scheme in easy-to-consume digital form? Despite the outstanding questions, investors and cybercriminals alike continue to amass cryptocurrencies. Both groups face perils.
Artificial intelligence can help improve network health by building a "pattern of life" for every device, user and network, says Justin Fier of Darktrace, who explains how to improve network visibility.
The hacker to whom Uber paid $100,000 to destroy data and keep quiet about its big, bad breach is a 20-year-old man living in Florida, Reuters reports. But numerous questions remain about the 2016 breach, including whether the payment was a bug bounty, extortion payoff or hush money.
Christiana Care Health System, which operates a network of hospitals, is working on several risk management priorities for 2018, including adopting the HITRUST framework, implementing appropriate controls for protecting against emerging threats and phasing in new security technologies, says Anahi Santiago, CISO.
In an era where users are working simultaneously across mobile, social and cloud applications and platforms, organizations need to deploy identity and access management solutions that can scale and adapt quickly. IBM's Sean Brown describes the rise of Identity as a Service.
Healthcare technology has made leaps and bounds in terms of its ability to improve patient outcomes, and yet many technologies are being deployed before security concerns can catch up.
Parliament to the populace: Do as we say, not as we do. How else to characterize multiple U.K. lawmakers' flagrant disregard for the data privacy laws that they themselves voted into effect?
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