Largest and Longest Running ICS Cyber Security Conference Opens Registration for 2016 Event
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The World of Cybercrime is Becoming Mythical
Unless you’ve just awakened from a multi-year coma, you know all about the growth in cybercrime. It’s not just the crime that’s exploding—so is board awareness, technology investment, proactive intelligence gathering, news coverage, conferences and more. But one of the fastest growing trends in cyber crime seems to be the adoption of mythical names.
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Gozi Malware Creator Sentenced to Time Served
Nikita Kuzmin, a 28-year-old Russian national who created the notorious Gozi banking Trojan, has been sentenced to time served and ordered to pay nearly $7 million.
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Google Patches 40 Vulnerabilities in Android
Google’s May 2016 security update for the Android operating system patches a total of 40 vulnerabilities, including many rated critical and high severity.
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Attackers Exploit Critical ImageMagick Vulnerability
Researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in the popular image processing suite ImageMagick, including a serious remote code execution flaw that has been exploited in the wild.
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Indonesia’s Muslim Cyber Warriors Take on IS
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Continue readingSmart Card Alliance Forms IoT Security Council
If an IoT device is basically an embedded device with some connectivity, then one of the earliest IoT devices is the smart card. The driving force behind smart card standards is the Smart Card Alliance (SMA), an organization comprising more than 200 worldwide members from finance, government, telecommunications, transport, healthcare and retail. Many of its members involved in chips and services for smart cards are also pursuing new opportunities in the IoT market.
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Ransomware: Four Ways to Assess This Growing Threat as a Business Risk
Contending with hostage situations is no longer something only shipping companies moving goods through pirate-infested waters must consider. With the growing threat of ransomware – malware that locks data until an enterprise pays for its decryption – businesses across industries have found themselves negotiating with criminals to release critical corporate information.
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Researcher Arrested For Hacking Elections Websites
A security researcher was arrested and charged after finding some serious vulnerabilities on a couple of elections websites in Florida.
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Android Trojan Steals Credit Card Info, Locks Devices Remotely
A new Android banking Trojan capable of spying on users and stealing credit card info is achieving persistency on infected devices by asking for device administrator rights and continuously showing the dialog window until the user gives in.
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