BEC Attacks Jumped 17% Last Year
Wire transfer fraud dominates as scammers widen the net
Author: CySecBot
Euro SMBs Paid Out $98m for Ransomware Decryption Last Year
Small businesses also experienced serious downtime, according to Datto
Crypto-Wars: Bitgrail Hits Back at Dev Team After $170m ‘Theft’
Crypto-exchange founder now claims Nano developers defamed him
Necurs Fuels Massive Valentine’s Day Spam Campaign
The campaign delivers short email blurbs supposedly from Russian women living in the US.
MSSPs Waste Hours of Time on False Alerts
A full 44% of respondents report a 50% or higher false-positive rate on security alerts.
Lazarus Rises Again with Aggressive Bitcoin-Stealing Campaign
The campaign uses implants that have never before been seen and indicate a newly sophisticated level of attack.
INVESTIGATION ON WINTER OLYMPICS CYBER-ATTACK HAS BEGUN
IN BRIEF: Following
the cyber-attack on Winter Olympics, security teams and experts from South Korea’s
defence ministry, plus four other ministries, formed part of a taskforce
investigating the shutdown.
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IBM Patches Spectre and Meltdown for Power Servers
Big Blue also warns of new Notes vulnerability
Crypto-Mining Malware Found on 4000+ Sites
ICO, NHS, US Courts and many other government sites hit
Winter Olympics Site Taken Out for 12 Hours
Russia suspected of pre-ceremony cyber-attack