The number of records compromised also surpassed all other years, with over 7.8 billion records exposed, a 24.2% increase over 2016’s previous high of 6.3 billion.
Organizations Spend a Whopping $16M per Year on Detection Tools
Upfront costs are dwarfed by the human costs of managing and assessing the millions of alerts and false-positives these tools generate.
Flaw in TLS/SSL Certificates Allows Covert Data Transfer
A proof of concept simulates a threat actor transferring the Mimikatz malware over TLS negotiation traffic.
NHS Trusts Have All Failed Cyber Essentials – Report
Best practice security still eluding UK healthcare
Alleged US Government Hacker Love Wins Extradition Case
High Court judges say he should face trial in the UK
Hiscox: Global Firms Still Struggling to Get Cyber-Ready
Larger firms that spend more are in the lead
Emily Biggs Crowned Security Champion of the Year at Women in IT Awards
Infosecurity Magazine talks to Emily Biggs, winner of the Security Champion of the Year award
Kali Linux 2018.1 Release
Welcome to our first release of 2018, Kali Linux 2018.1. This fine release contains all updated packages and bug fixes since our 2017.3 release last November. This release wasn’t without its challenges–from the Meltdown and Spectre exciteme…
Adobe Flash Zero-Day Spotted in the Wild
Threat actors are exploiting the vulnerability to distribute the DOGCALL/ROKRAT malware to South Korean victims.
Winter Olympics Attack Expands with Top-Tier Spyware
Additional implants are being used as a second-stage payload to gain persistence for continued data exfiltration and for targeted access.