Becoming vulnerability agnostic | CSO Online
Don’t let the constant barrage of vulnerability announcements play with your emotions and drive up your stress levels. Source: Becoming vulnerability agnostic | CSO Online
Read MoreCurated Content
Cisco Patches Critical VPN Vulnerability – Tom Spring
Cisco Systems released a patch Monday to fix a critical security vulnerability, with a CVSS rating of 10, in its Secure Sockets Layer VPN solution called Adaptive Security Appliance. Source: …
Read More
Crypto-Mining: The Next Ransomware – Information Security Buzz – Steve McGregory
Hackers are opportunistic by nature. As device manufacturers continue to add more CPU cores and gigabytes of RAM to smartphones and tablets as well as enterprise… Source: Crypto-Mining: The Next …
Read More
Digital Extortion: A Forward-looking View – David Sancho
In 2017, we saw digital extortion increasingly become cybercriminals’ first and foremost money-making modus operandi. It’s mostly due to ransomware — cybercriminals’ currently most popular weapon of choice, helping them …
Read More
Keylogger found on thousands of WordPress-based sites, stealing every keypress as you type – Graham Cluley
A new report from researchers at Sucuri reveals that websites are once again being found infected by cryptomining code – stealing the resources of visiting computers to mine for the …
Read More
The 17 biggest data breaches of the 21st century – Taylor Armerding
Security practitioners weigh in on the 17 worst data breaches in recent memory. Source: The 17 biggest data breaches of the 21st century | CSO Online CSO’s Taylor Armerding details …
Read More
Cybercriminals stole $172 billion from 978 million consumers in the past year – Help Net Security
Consumers are confident they’re safe online, but hackers have proven otherwise, stealing $172 billion from 978 million consumers in 20 countries in the past year. Source: Cybercriminals stole $172 billion …
Read More
Fake cryptocurrency scam delivers ransomware – and more malware when you pay up – Danny Palmer
Fake cryptocurrency advertised on forums is used to lure targets into installing what researchers say could be a test for new ransomware delivery techniques and tactics. Source: Fake cryptocurrency scam …
Read More
How bad are Meltdown and Spectre? – Roger A. Grimes
Some people aren’t taking hardware vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre seriously. Here’s a point-by-point rebuttal to their arguments. Source: How bad are Meltdown and Spectre? | CSO Online Roger A. …
Read More