A cyber espionage campaign has been discovered apparently targeting participants in the recent Permanent Court of Arbitration case brought by the Philippines against China over Chinese claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea. The case was found against China last month. China itself did not accept the validity of the case, did not attend the arbitration, and has since rejected the ruling.
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Russian Hackers Favor Windows, Office Exploits: Report
Adobe’s Flash Player might be the most targeted product when criminal exploit kits are involved, but Microsoft products such as Office, Windows and Internet Explorer take center stage when Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are involved.
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Philippine Bank Handed Record Fine for Bangladesh Heist
The Philippines Central Bank on Friday handed a local bank a record $21 million fine after it was used by hackers to channel millions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh into local casinos.
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Bounty Hunters Invited to Hack Edge on Windows Preview Builds
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it’s offering up to $15,000 to researchers who find remote code execution vulnerabilities in the company’s Edge web browser running on Windows Insider Preview builds.
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New ATM Hacking Method Uses Stolen EMV Card Data
Black Hat USA 2016 – Researchers have demonstrated how fraudsters can make ATMs spit out tens of thousands of dollars in cash in just a few minutes by using data stolen from EMV cards.
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Apple Offers up to $200,000 in Bug Bounty Program
Black Hat USA 2016 – Apple announced on Thursday its intention to launch a bug bounty program that gives a select group of researchers the opportunity to earn up to $200,000 for finding vulnerabilities in the company’s products.
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Iranian Actor “Group5” Targeting Syrian Opposition
A threat actor using Iranian-language tools, Iranian hosting companies, operating from the Iranian IP space at times was observed targeting the Syrian opposition in an elaborately staged malware operation, Citizen Lab researchers reveal.
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Panasonic Avionics Launches Bug Bounty Program
Panasonic Avionics, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of inflight entertainment and communications systems, has launched a bug bounty program on the HackerOne platform.
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Containerized Security: The Next Evolution of Virtualization?
We in the security industry have gotten into a bad habit of focusing the majority of our attention and marketing dollars on raising awareness of the latest emerging threats and new technologies being developed to detect them. One just has to look at the headlines or spend fifteen minutes walking the show floor at a major security conference to see this trend.
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3.7 Million Exposed in Banner Health Breach
Banner Health is warning 3.7 million patients, staff and food and beverage customers that their personal data may have been stolen during a security breach traced back to June 23. Headquartered in Arizona, Banner is one of the largest non-profit healthcare systems in the US. It owns and operates 29 acute-care hospitals and numerous health-related services.
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