Concern over the security of home routers is nothing new, but has soared with the increasing fear that the Internet of Things (IoT) can (and already has) been used to generate huge distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The problem is that many home routers are known to include vulnerabilities, while home users are not known for their ability to behave securely.
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Siemens Patches Flaws in SIMATIC, License Manager Products
Siemens has released software updates to address several vulnerabilities in its SIMATIC and Automation License Manager (ALM) products.
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Dyre Authors Apparently Working on New Banking Trojan
At least one of the individuals involved in the development of the notorious Dyre (Dyreza) banking Trojan has apparently started working on a new piece of malware dubbed “TrickBot.”
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Organizations Struggle to Protect Growing Number of Endpoints
A recent study conducted by Dimensional Research has revealed that most organizations don’t have a security strategy in place to protect the growing number of endpoints on their networks.
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Continue readingNyaDrop Backdoor and Dropper Targets IoT Devices
Internet of Things (IoT) devices with hardcoded default login credentials are being targeted by a newly discovered Linux malware, security researchers warn.
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Russia Slams ‘Unprecedented’ U.S. Threats Over Cyber Attacks
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Continue readingGoogle Receives Increasing Number of Government Requests
Google’s transparency report update for the first half of 2016 shows that the number of requests received by the search giant from governments has continued to increase.
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Researchers Build Configuration Extractor for Locky Ransomware
Researchers from Cisco Talos have created a new tool that allows users to extract the configuration of the Locky ransomware.
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Microsoft Researchers Release Anti-Reconnaissance Tool
Microsoft researchers have released a new tool designed to help security teams protect corporate networks by making it more difficult for attackers to conduct reconnaissance.
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Breaking the OODA Loop!
The OODA loop is a well established concept often used in security which originated in the military. OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
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