Cautionary tale for firms which don’t invest enough upfront in cybersecurity
NIST, CIS Security Frameworks See Mainstream Adoption
84 percent of respondents used some type of security framework, and most organizations surveyed used more than one.
Panama-Style Offshore Services Touted on Darknet
Hackers are hiring underground providers to hide their funds
A Quarter of Windows Users are Running Outdated Internet Explorer
This exposes unpatched Windows users to more than 700 known vulnerabilities (including those that affect IE 11 and Edge).
Google Hit by Insider Data Breach
Employee details accidentally leaked by benefits management firm.
Former PLA Soldier Sentenced After Damaging US Army PC
Wei Chen was given security clearance at a defense contractor
VirusTotal Changes T&Cs to Stop Abuses
Some AV firms are taking data without contributing
Walmart Confirms Card Data Theft
US retail giant Walmart has confirmed reports that a number of its customers have had their payment cards compromised and bank accounts drained.
ICO Fines Health Clinic for Revealing HIV Patient Names, Addresses
An administrative error resulted in addresses wrongly entered into the ‘to’ field instead of the ‘bcc’ field.
Swiss Defense Minister: Davos Was Targeted by Cyberattack
He said that he suspects the attackers were bent on cyber-espionage, and were likely of Russian origin.