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Security – TechSpective

We’re halfway through 2018 and several cybersecurity predictions made in late 2017 have, unfortunately, already come true. From cryptojackers becoming an actual threat to organizations instead of just a nuisance for end users, to hardware vulnerabilities that may even impact decade-old CPUs, and IoT threats that have increased in sophistication, ... Read More

Ever wondered what types of online threats you can run into simply by browsing the web? How a seemingly legitimate website could affect your privacy or your data? Bitdefender 2019 Network Threat Prevention technology protects you against all that. Passwords are usually the first line of defense against threat actors ... Read More

While we’ve just passed the halfway mark of 2018, data breaches and new threats have been plaguing businesses and organizations, exposing the data of millions of users worldwide. Apart from known and increasingly sophisticated threats, such as ransomware, the hype around cryptocurrency has led to the emergence of cryptojackers, a ... Read More

China allegedly exfiltrated classified information pertaining to US Navy projects after a successful cyber-attack on an unspecified Navy contractor resulted in the loss 614 gigabytes of sensor data, cryptographic information, submarine electronic warfare, and the exposure of a classified project known as Sea Dragon. The contractor, believed to work for ... Read More

US legislators are proposing new legislation that would empower US cyber defenses to hack back at cyber aggressors, even if they’re using a third-party country’s infrastructure, without the explicit consent of the respective country. The National Defense Authorization Act would also create a new cyber entity with the technology and ... Read More

A bug in Facebook has changed the privacy setting of some posts to public, causing the social media giant to notify 14 million users that could have been affected. While the bug is not tagged as major, it could have prompted some people to accidentally post status messages as public, ... Read More

After Ticketfly’s website was recently taken offline due to a “cyber incident”, the company issued a statement pointing that more than 27 million accounts may have been affected. While the company is still assessing the damages, its website is back online after it was defaced and completely shut down for ... Read More

What are your plans for 5-7 June 2018 ? If you are a security professional attending Infosecurity Europe, in London we will be happy to meet with you, answer your questions and offer our insights on the latest cyber security trends ... Read More

A recently discovered vulnerability in iOS applications could allow hackers to execute code within affected apps, provided the device is connected to an attacker-controlled Wi-Fi network. The number of potentially vulnerable applications is estimated at around 10 percent of iOS applications, and the programming error has been validated by an ... Read More

A recent vulnerability in the Signal messaging application that enables encrypted communication between parties, could have enabled attackers to arbitrarily remotely execute code on the victim’s device without any user interaction. Security researchers Iván Ariel Barrera Oro, Alfredo Ortega and Juliano Rizzo accidentally triggered the vulnerability while exchanging URLs that ... Read More