Criminals can preselect and pursue specific victims without user interaction, and quickly rule out non-viable targets, such as honeypots.
Skills Shortage Hits Hackers
Attackers need an ecosystem of malware writers, exploit developers, botnet operators and mules
Mobile Users Blissfully Unaware of IoT Dangers
Nearly one in 10 smartphone users say there isn’t a single thing a hacker could take from their phone that would upset them.
IBM Plans Resilient Acquisition
IBM has announced plans to acquire Resilient Systems to add incident response capabilities to its services.
56% of Companies Ignore Encryption on the Cloud
More than half of organizations transfer sensitive or confidential data to the cloud whether it is encrypted or not.
IRS Security Breach: Over 700,000 Now Affected
Get Transcript scam far worse than initially thought
Consumers Letting Themselves Down Over Online Privacy
Kaspersky Lab claims 41% do nothing to protect their privacy
Snapchat Suckered by Payroll Phishing Attack
Messaging platform forced to call the Feds
Undetectable Angler EK Targets Extendoffice
The attack has gone largely unnoticed, with a near-non-existent detection rate, leaving millions vulnerable.
Ransomware Strikes a Group of German Hospitals
This state of affairs has knocked them offline and reduced doctors to swapping handwritten notes instead of emails.