Kevin Townsend

If an IoT device is basically an embedded device with some connectivity, then one of the earliest IoT devices is the smart card. The...

Jaku Botnet is an Active Botnet Operation Possibly Controlled by Darkhotel Threat Actors 

After acquiring security orchestration firm Invotas in February of this year, FireEye has announced the first product resulting from the union of the two...

Researchers discovered 'a young Russian hacker' bragging in an online forum that he had acquired and was ready to give away 1.17 billion stolen...

Trend Micro said that it recently analyzed a cyber attack that used a remote access Trojan (RAT) known as Lost Door." While Lost Door...

"Bozkurt Hackers" Behind Qatar National Bank Breach Could Leak Data From Second Bank

Lansing Board of Water & Light Hit By Ransomware Attack

Paris-based start-up Sqreen announced that it has raised a $2.3 million seed round to ship app 'protection-as-a-service'. This service "provides every developer a simple...

Researchers from Fox-IT have discovered a new attack vector for ransomware aimed at the enterprise. The attack itself is not new, but the combination...

Fortinet Unveils New Security Fabric and Firewalls Designed to Tackle Challenges of Encrypted Network Traffic 

SSL/TLS Encrypted Network Traffic Brings Privacy for Users and Headaches for Security Teams

Information security firm High-Tech Bridge has launched a new free service to help web site owners and businesses understand and locate domain name threats...

It was reported today that multiple forms of malware have been found in a German nuclear energy plant in Gundremmingen, 75 miles north-west of...

Hackers are Using Increasingly Sophisticated Methods of Cloaking Their Behavior When Breaching Networks

AXELOS, a UK firm with strong ties to the UK government Cabinet Office, yesterday published a stinging criticism on business security awareness training in...

A hacker using the handle "Phineas Fisher" has described how he hacked into surveillance software maker Hacking Team. Hacking Team is an Italian firm...

Microsoft Publishes White Papers on Incident Response and Shared Responsibility for Azure Cloud Customers

The General Data Protection Regulation is now, effectively, law. Businesses have 730 days from official publication (expected to be in June) to comply. It...

The California Assembly Bill 1681 was quietly dropped this week without a vote. The bill would have authorized $2,500 penalties for phone manufacturers and...

Any information security professional knows that spear-phishing is effective. Cloudmark calls it "The Secret Weapon Behind the Worst Cyber Attacks", and lists 10 recent...