AI and Automation Seen as Silver Bullet in Overcoming Cybersecurity Skill Gap, Survey Finds
There’s been a lot of focus lately on the best ways to safeguard corporate networks and fend off targeted attacks, and on total cost of ownership. But CISOs worldwide are struggling with an even worse problem that greatly affects their companies long-term: a widening cybersecurity talent shortage ... Read More
DHS, FBI Alert: North Korean Backdoor Trojan HOPLIGHT Detected in the Wild, Linked to Lazarus
HOPLIGHT, a critical backdoor Trojan linked to North Korean APT group Lazarus, has been found in the wild, warn the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in a new malware analysis report ... Read More
US Senate to End Deceptive Practices and Dark Patterns on Online Platforms
A bipartisan Act proposed by US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) would counter immoral data collection methods by large online platforms, forbidding “deceptive practices” and “dark patterns” that manipulate users into giving away personal data or giving up privacy altogether, writes CNBC. The idea for the DETOUR ... Read More
Card-Scraping Malware Compromised AeroGrow Customer Payment Data
Ecommerce company AeroGrow International is the latest high-profile breach after its buy page was infected with credit card scraping malware for more than four months, AeroGrow announced in a letter to its customers and to the California Office of the Attorney General. The malicious code was probably injected by manipulating ... Read More
Georgia Tech Suffers Second Data Breach, Exposing Data of 1.3 Million People
A vulnerable web app may have compromised the personal information of 1.3 million students, alumni and employees at Georgia Institute of Technology, the institution announced on Wednesday. The data breach was detected in March, but it is believed to have started in December 2018, giving an intruder plenty of time ... Read More
CISOs Latest Dilemma: How to Make the Most Out of Your Endpoint Security Solutions with Understaffed Teams
While digital transformation and the e-commerce bubble in late '90s have reshaped the way companies do business, increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks call for immediate and sometimes overly complex defenses. Security tool vendors have been more than willing to provide an ever expanding array of tools and technologies, many with dubious value ... Read More
Woman Concealing Malware Lied Her Way into Trump’s Florida Club
An Asian woman carrying malware lied her way into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, writes the BBC. According to Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, 32-year-old Yujing Zhang claimed she was going to the pool and pretended to barely speak English. Staff mistook her for the relative of a ... Read More
Italian Android Spyware Infected Google Play Store for Years, Researchers Find
Fake service applications in Italian from mobile operators were found to be invasive spyware after successfully bypassing Google Play Store’s filters, according to a group of researchers from non-profit security organization Security Without Borders (SWB). The large campaign of disguised spyware infected the store and stayed there for months in ... Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Phone Allegedly Hacked by Saudi Arabia for Link to Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia hacked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone and stole private information, according to Gavin De Becker, a private investigator working for Bezos. De Becker said the cyberattack is linked to Bezos’ connection to the Washington Post, where columnist Jamal Khashoggi worked, according to the Guardian. Khashoggi was murdered in ... Read More
Facebook Determined to Appeal Belgian Tracking Ban
Facebook has decided to fight the tough EU data protection laws after a 2018 Belgian court order forbade Facebook’s use of the cookies, social plug-ins and interaction buttons it used to track online activity of users and non-users on third-party websites without their knowledge, Bloomberg writes. The tech company has ... Read More
