The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid hackers more than $1 million to break into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, director James Comey said Thursday.
Asked at the Aspen Security Forum in London how much the US agency paid for help to get into the phone, Comey replied, "A lot."
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DDoS Attacks Continue to Rise in Power and Sophistication
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks observed in the first quarter of 2016 grew more advanced and more sophisticated, Imperva’s Global DDoS Threat Landscape Q1 2016 reveals.
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Nation-State Actors Use Fileless Tricks to Deliver RATs
State-sponsored threat actors in Asia have been leveraging a new technique to deliver remote access Trojans (RATs) without being detected by security products.
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An Occam’s Razor for Security: Less is More
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”–Bruce Lee
The rapid growth of innovation in cybersecurity technologies has presented a nearly endless range of new security offerings to address vulnerabilities in our computing environment. But what happens if more is not better?
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New “Panda Banker” Trojan Borrows Code From Zeus
Researchers have come across a new banking Trojan that appears to borrow code from the notorious Zeus.
Dubbed Panda Banker, the threat was discovered in February by Fox IT and later analyzed in detail by experts at Proofpoint.
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Anomali Raises $30 Million to Expand Threat Intel Business
Anomali, a security technology firm that offers a SaaS-based cyber security intelligence platform, today announced it has raised $30 million in series C funding. The round, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), brings the total amount raised by the company to more than $56 million since launching in 2013.
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Cisco Patches Severe Flaws in Wireless LAN Controller
Cisco has released software updates to patch several critical and high severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the company’s Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) products.
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How M&A Activity Can Open the Door to Cyber Threats
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be exciting, offering companies a significant platform for growth. According to the Deloitte M&A Index 2016, global M&A activity reached record-breaking deal values in 2015 at over $4 trillion, with the resulting deals expected to add $1.5 to $1.9 trillion in value to these companies.
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Australia Boosts Cyber Security Amid Hack Attacks
Australia Admits Government Hack Attacks, Boosts Cyber Security
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Philippines Arrests Alleged Election Website Hacker
Philippine officials said Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the hacking of the national election agency's website ahead of next month's presidential polls.
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