Security researchers have discovered complex malware that has been launched by attackers to gather intelligence, particularly targeting Indian and Pakistani individuals. This act of cyber espionage directed toward Indian and Pakistani entities has…

In support of improving upon regional cybersecurity, agencies in Kansas and Missouri are collaborating in order to develop a strategic framework. The group leading this effort towards improving the cybersecurity of local governments is the Mid-America…

Security firm, Symantec, has warned that energy companies within the U.S. and Europe have been compromised by a number of cyberattacks, which allowed the infiltration of power grid operations by hackers. With unauthorized access to power grid operations…

Insider threats can pose significant risks to an organization’s data as emphasized by a report that has recently been released by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology. The report highlights that a majority of cybersecurity incidents stem…

Researchers have reversed the hashes of 320 million hashed passwords revealed by an online service, “Pwned Passwords”, created by security researcher, Troy Hunt, which allows users to search through a database of breached passwords in hopes of preventing…

Cybersecurity experts at the University of Plymouth have developed a technique, which would improve upon recognition performance within digital forensic investigations by enabling investigators to examine an individual suspect’s use of the internet. This…

Researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered a new technique from a new variant of Locky ransomware that is being used to evade sandbox detection. The new variant of Locky ransomware is distributed through spam emails, which can then be triggered…

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) have become a significant threat to most organizations. The persistency and sophistication of DDoS attacks has grown as resources to launch such attacks have become more available to attackers. The multi-vector DDoS…

The Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) is an independent non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of information security professionals’ knowledge and expertise in order to combat the evolution and growing…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled more than 500,000 pacemakers. A pacemaker is a medical device used to help monitor and control a person's heartbeat. This massive recall of pacemakers is in response to vulnerabilities…

Companies impacted by recent global outbreaks of ransomware have incurred great costs due to the payment of demanded ransoms, disruption of operations, loss of revenues, data loss, and much more. The total cost of damages inflicted by global ransomware…