One in Five Healthcare Employees Would Be Willing to Sell Sensitive Data, Reveals Survey
A new survey reveals that nearly one in five healthcare employees would be willing to sell confidential data to an unauthorized party. According to Accenture’s 2018 Healthcare Workforce Survey on Cybersecurity, 18 percent of employees that work at healthcare providers and payers would be willing to sell sensitive data to ... Read More
Cryptocurrency Exchange Says Phishing Campaign Behind Abnormal Trading Activity
A cryptocurrency exchange says a large-scale phishing campaign was behind abnormal trading activity that affected some of its users. The trouble started on 7 March when some Binance users posted to Reddit about problems involving their accounts’ alternative coin amounts. Here’s what one person said: Binance just sold all my ... Read More
UK Government Reveals Aim to Shift Consumer IoT Security Burden to Industry
The UK Government has detailed its ambition to shift the burden of consumer IoT security away from end-users and towards industry. On 7 March, the Government revealed its Secure by Design policy paper. In it, the Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport highlights two ongoing risks associated with the ... Read More
Video Game Developer Gave Customers $5 Voucher after Data Breach
A video game developer gave customers a $5.00 discount off their next purchase after discovering a data breach that affected two of its online stores. Nippon Ichi Software, a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, claims in an email sent out to customers that it identified the breach on ... Read More
The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in Information Security – Part 2
Information security is an exciting and rapidly growing field for individuals who are interested in protecting users and their data. In an effort to map out the industry as a possible career choice, we recently conducted research into the top 10 infosec jobs based on overall pay grade. We now continue with the second ... Read More
Point-of-Sale Breach Confirmed at Some Applebee’s Locations
It’s confirmed that some locations of the Applebee’s restaurant chain suffered a point-of-sale (POS) breach involving customers’ payment card data. On 2 March, RMH Franchise Holdings (RMH) issued a notice of data incident on its website. The statement explains how RMH, a franchisee of Applebee’s which operates more than 150 ... Read More
The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in Information Security – Part 1
Want a job in cybersecurity? There are plenty to go around. Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that there will be 3.5 million job openings in the industry by the end of the year. That makes sense. According to Gartner, global spending on information security and risk management technology is expected to exceed ... Read More
Another Ransomware Variant Strikes Colorado DOT Days after Initial Attack
Colorado’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) has suffered an infection from another variant of the same ransomware family that attacked it just days earlier. On 1 March, a variant of SamSam ransomware targeted employees at CDOT. The attack didn’t hamper the Department’s Traffic Operations Center, the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information ... Read More
Germany Blames Russian Black-Hat Hackers for Breach of Federal Agencies
German officials are blaming Russian-linked black-hat hackers for breaching several federal agencies and stealing sensitive information. On 28 February, sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) that the Russian digital espionage group APT28 used malware to target the German government’s secure computer network. The attack is believed to have affected multiple agencies, ... Read More
RedDrop Malware Records Audio and Exfiltrates It to Cloud Storage Services
A new family of mobile malware called RedDrop exfiltrates victims’ sensitive data including ambient audio recordings and sends it to cloud storage services. Wandera, a mobile security firm which spotted weaknesses in the CBS Sports app and mobile site back in 2016, uncovered the malware when a user clicked on ... Read More
