cyberattack
Australia forms task force to guard elections from cyber attacks
The Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada were expected to endorse measures to protect elections against foreign interference.
Roaming Mantis goes global, adds crypto-mining
Roaming Mantis is designed mainly to steal user information and to provide attackers with full control over the compromised device
FBI warns Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers
FBI has urged the owners of many routers to turn them off and on again and download updates from the manufacturer to protect themselves.
Pet trackers have more ‘bite’ than animal lovers realise, says Report
Trackers are used by pet owners to monitor the safety of their pets, and to track where their pets go unsupervised.
Fake Facebook sites account for 60 per cent of social network phishing in 2018
In Q1 2018, Facebook also led the social network phishing category, followed by VK — a Russian online social networking service.
US seeks to take control of infected routers from hackers
A federal judge in Pennsylvania gave the FBI permission to seize an internet domain that authorities charge a Russian hacking group.
Teen tracking app found to leak passwords, email IDs
The TeenSafe app on the App Store has been found to expose thousands of email IDs and passwords.
EternalBlue still popular among cybercriminals in 2018: Report
The threat actor has over 18 million hits of ransomware and cryptomining campaigns in 2017-2018.
Meet SiliVaccine: North Korea’s deadly antivirus
This revealing exploration into SiliVaccine may well raise suspicions of authenticity and motives of IT security products and operations.
Importance of information sharing in battle against cyber threats
Layered analysis of cyber data, including DNS queries, leads to stronger protection against DDoS, malware, and botnet attacks.