VisionDirect Blindsided By Magecart in Data Breach
The insidious Magecart threat group has struck again – this time hitting VisionDirect in a data breach that sucked up customer’s personal details and payment Read More
December 2018
New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms
Somewhat quietly over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial Read More
Stopping the Infiltration of Things
The Internet of Things – connected devices that contain network sensors to allow for remote monitoring and control, are expected to hit 75-billion devices installed Read More
As Black Friday Looms, IoT Gadgets Take the Risk Spotlight
With the holiday shopping season poised to officially kick off this weekend, it’s likely that connected gadgets and toys are high atop many a consumer Read More
Sofacy APT Takes Aim with Novel ‘Cannon’ Trojan
The Sofacy APT group is back, with a new second-stage custom malware payload that researchers have dubbed “Cannon.” A campaign against several government entities around Read More
Gmail Glitch Enables Anonymous Messages in Phishing Attacks
A Gmail bug has been discovered that allows a hacker to tinker with the “from” header in an email and ultimately leave the sender display blank, Read More
Old Printer Vulnerabilities Die Hard | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
Despite copious warnings and efforts by the security community to harden the defenses of printers, they continue to represent a ripe target for attackers. Just Read More
Cisco Security Appliance Zero-Day Found Actively Exploited in the Wild
Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in certain Cisco security products, to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The as-yet-unpatched flaw (CVE-2018-15454) has an 8.6 Read More