The European Union on Tuesday launched a controversial deal with the United States aimed at curbing government spying on the personal internet information of European citizens.
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India-Linked Threat Actor Targets Military, Political Entities Worldwide
Patchwork is a new threat actor that has been targeting numerous entities around the world using code that has been copied from various online forums, Cymmetria researchers reveal.
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U.S. Has Most Internet Connected Industrial Control Systems
Over the past few years, industrial control systems (ICS) components have proven to be increasingly vulnerable and more frequently accessible from the Internet, which significantly amplifies the risk they are exposed to, Kaspersky Lab researchers warn.
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Backdoored Pokemon GO App Infects Android Devices
DroidJack RAT Distributed via Infected Pokémon GO APK
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Omni Hotels Subtly Discloses Payment System Hack
In what I like to call a cowardly Friday afternoon data breach disclosure, Omni Hotels disclosed that several of its hotel properties were impacted by malware infecting its point-of-sale (PoS) systems.
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DoS Flaw Affects Symantec Endpoint Products
DoS Vulnerability Affects Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Norton Products on Windows
Symantec has recently patched a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that plagued its Norton Security’s Portable Executable file scanning functionality.
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Thousands of Websites Compromised to Spread CryptXXX Ransomware
Over the past month, thousands of websites built on the WordPress and Joomla! content management systems have been compromised to redirect users to the CryptXXX ransomware, Sucuri researchers reveal.
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EU Member States Approve US Data Deal
EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticized deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU citizens.
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Dropping Elephant – A New and Growing Cyber Espionage Group
Kaspersky Lab is monitoring a new cyber espionage group that it calls Dropping Elephant. A surprising — and somewhat worrying — feature is that this group achieves a high success rate with only low tech attacks. In fact, it has been so successful that it seems to have expanded it group membership from (probably) just India to include new members on the Pacific West Coast of America.
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Zero-Day Flaw Affects BMW’s ConnectedDrive Web Portal
The BMW ConnectedDrive Web portal was found to contain a vulnerability that could result in a compromise of registered or valid vehicle identification numbers, Vulnerability Lab warns.
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