News of attacks on the healthcare industry are not as sexy as news of attacks, say on a nation’s defense department or on the largest bank in the world. This could change […]
Medical data now hot commodity in the dark web
Kaspersky: PH top APAC country with most number of attacks on medical devices
It placed second globally after Venezuela
McAfee report uncovers ransomware resurgence
McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, recently released its McAfee Labs Threats Report for August 2019 examining cybercriminal activity and the evolution of cyber threats in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. McAfee […]
Cloud Atlas APT updates infection chain to avoid detection
Cloud Atlas, an advanced persistent threat (APT), also known as Inception, has updated its attack arsenal with new tools which allow it to avoid detection through standard Indicators of Compromise. This updated […]
Check Point Research releases list of ‘most wanted’ malware for July 2019
Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a cybersecurity solutions provider which operates globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for July 2019. The Research […]
Sophos: Baldr malware targets PC gamers to gain entry to other computers
Baldr malware has gone missing in June after cybercriminals after an internal rift. Sophos, a network and endpoint security firm, expects it to make a comeback anytime soon guessing that it may […]
Check Point confirms return of the Trickbot multi-purpose banking trojan
Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., has published its latest Global Threat Index for April 2019. The banking trojan Trickbot has returned to the Index’s […]
Microsoft: Developing markets in Asia-Pacific among the most vulnerable to malware
In the 24th edition of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR), an annual study aimed to improve cyber resilience in the region, Microsoft said malware remains a huge cyberthreat in the Asia-Pacific not […]
Sophos tracks 96 malware samples from Matrix family
Security firm Sophos said it was able to track 96 samples from malware that has been operating since 2016 and comes from the Matrix ransomware family. The ransomware is infecting computers using […]
Kaspersky: Russian-speaking hacking groups sharing infrastructure to launch attacks
Experts at cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) revealed that two threat actors who, apparently speak Russian, used the same servers at the same time. GreyEnergy, which according to Kaspersky is believed to […]
US newspapers report cyberattacks that disrupt printing, distribution
A number of US-based newspapers reported suspected cyberattacks that affected their printing and distribution. In a report by CNN, it said that according to the Los Angeles Times the cyberattack “appears to […]
Symantec’s Industrial Control System Protection Neural to defend against USB-borne malware
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. introduced recently its Industrial Control System Protection (ICSP) Neural, the industry’s first neural network-integrated USB scanning station that helps organizations protect critical infrastructure by preventing the devastating physical […]
Symantec uncovers tool used by Lazarus to carry out ATM attacks
By Symantec Attack Investigations Team On Oct. 2, 2018, an alert was issued by US-CERT, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury, and the FBI. According to this new […]
McAfee Labs warns crypto mining malware will continue to outpace ransomware
Image from Pixabay In the McAfee Threats Report for September 2018, security researchers highlight the surge of crypto mining malware that started last year and continued in the first half of this […]
Kaspersky Lab says new IoT-malware grew three-fold in H1 2018, manufacturers don’t prioritize security
Image from Pixabay According to the Kaspersky Lab IoT report, in the first half of 2018, IoT devices were attacked with more than 120,000 modifications of malware. That’s more than triple the […]
