Kevin Townsend

When Heimdal Security reported on a new TorrentLocker ransomware campaign in Sweden just over a week ago, it noted that the attackers would likely soon...

A new report from theat intelligence firm Flashpoint highlights dark web discussion over targeting hospitals with ransomware - and demonstrates a surprising contrast in...

Flashpoint, a threat intelligence firm that studies the so called 'Deep and Dark Web', has spent five months studying an organized Russian ransomware campaign....

The sixth annual survey from Smarsh on financial services communications compliance issues shows that regulatory scrutiny and compliance difficulties are increasing while resources and...

Security testing firm IOActive recently surveyed 129 security professionals on the security of Internet of Things devices at its IOAsis San Francisco 2016 event March...

New Android spyware, apparently targeting government security job seekers, has been detected in Saudi Arabia. The code is poor but the malware works efficiently,...

Law enforcement officers have arrested 50 hackers across Russia involved in bank fraud using the Lurk trojan, following 86 raids in 15 regions. Fourteen...

The third known and second successful attack against banks using the SWIFT money transfer network impacted an Ecuadorian bank between January 12 and January...

Trustwave SpiderLabs has discovered a 0-day Windows exploit being offered for sale on an underground forum for Russian speaking cyber criminals. Although the researchers...

ICS-CERT has released a security advisory for an ICS product used in the energy industry that cannot be patched, and there are publicly available...

The SANS CIS top twenty critical security controls (CSCs) is a living document reflecting world-wide expert opinion on the primary controls that can best...

The official Bangladesh government probe into the $81 million dollar theft via SWIFT in February has suggested the possibility of insider involvement. In February...