December 15, 2016 IT Decision-Makers Must Respond Proactively to the Cybersecurity Skills Crisis 2 min read - IT decision-makers and executives must take a proactive approach to hiring in the face of a worldwide cybersecurity skills shortage.
December 15, 2016 Frustrating Firmware? Cybercriminal Claims to Ruin Routers With Immovable Malware 2 min read - Routers are popular targets for cybercrime. One actor in particular claimed to have permanently infected millions of routers with a firmware-based attack.
December 15, 2016 DNSChanger Exploit Targets Routers Through Web Browsers 2 min read - Although the DNSChanger exploit kit is spread through malvertising, it is designed to target vulnerabilities in victims' physical internet routers.
December 14, 2016 IBM Releases Industry-First EMM Benchmarking Tool: MaaS360 Mobile Metrics 3 min read - IBM MaaS360 Mobile Metrics enables IT analysts to see how they compare to the broader community and improve security, efficiency and decision-making.
December 13, 2016 Microsoft Edge Is Spoofalicious 2 min read - A security researcher learned how to trick SmartScreen, a subprogram within Microsoft Edge designed to block malicious content, to display spoofed messages
December 12, 2016 Popcorn Time Wants Your Money, but Will Settle for Your Buddy’s 2 min read - Ransomware variant Popcorn Time offers its victims a choice: Pay the ransom or sell out your buddy for a free decryption key to recover your stolen data.
December 12, 2016 August Malware Tries to Steal Credentials 2 min read - The August malware, a new Trojan recently discovered by Proofpoint, uses macros and Powershell to target customer service employees at retail companies.
December 12, 2016 Floki Bot: Funny Name, Financial Nightmare? 2 min read - Floki Bot is more versatile than most banking Trojans because it uses spear phishing methods and the RIG exploit kit to steal credit card track data.
December 9, 2016 Positioning Security Intelligence in Front of Incident Response 2 min read - IBM is working to help companies address the challenges they face when adopting a more proactive approach to incident response.
December 8, 2016 Millions of Accounts Exposed in Dailymotion Hack 2 min read - A recent Dailymotion hack means the account details and email addresses of 85 million users have potentially been compromised.