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North Korea Hackers Hit US Companies

FireEye researchers recently mentioned that spear phishing emails were sent to U.S. electric companies which can be traced back to North Korea. The emails contained fake invitations to a fundraiser....

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Breaches in US Financial Service Organizations

As per the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, forty two percent of U.S. financial services organizations got affected by data breach. Survey saw participation of 1,100 senior security executives...

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DHS and FBI warns of APTs Targeting

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have recently mentioned in a statement that an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign is specifically...

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Device Theft Incidents

Brevard Physician Associates Brevard Physician Associates mentioned that it was burglarized which possibly affected health data for 7,976 patients. The incident came to notice when the company saw...

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Ransomware Attack and Phony Websites

ECKAAA East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging (ECKAAA) mentioned that they were affected by the ransomware attack.The incident left files encrypted and inaccessible to the company. Cybersecurity...

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DDoS Attack

DDoS attack attempts on organizations was 237 per month or eight attack attempts a day in third quarter of 2017. “The growing availability of DDoS-for-hire services is causing an explosion of attacks,...

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New Google Patch for Android

Google released possibly its final Android security update for 2017. The latest patch addresses at least 42 different vulnerabilities which includes 11 flaws in the media framework (five are critical...

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IoT Security Skills in Energy Companies

Inmarsat survey of senior IT decision makers from 100 large energy companies worldwide shows that fifty four percent need additional security skills to deliver successful IoT projects. Fifty three...

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ICS Malware

FireEye researchers mentioned that the company’s Mandiant subsidiary is attacked by new industrial control systems(ICS) malware. The hackers shut down plant operations by targeting emergency shutdown...

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Devices and Data Breach

Pennsylvania-based Washington Health System (WHS) Greene mentioned that it suffered data breach due to missing external hard drive. The device was used for Bone Densitometry machine. Facility mentioned...

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