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Trend Micro instrumental in Scan4You conviction
Trend Micro has announced details of its close cooperation with the FBI to identify, arrest and bring to trial the individuals linked to the infamous Counter Antivirus (CAV) service Scan4You.0 4009
Apple to issue fix for iPhones, Macs at risk from chip bug
Apple will release a patch for the Safari web browser on its iPhones, iPads and Macs within days, after major …
US government officially attributes WannaCry cyber-attack to North Korea
“After careful investigations, the United states is publicly attributing the massive WannaCry cyber-attack to North Korea,” said White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert.
Kaspersky Lab detected 360K new malicious files per day in 2017
The number of new malicious files processed by Kaspersky Lab’s in-lab detection technologies reached 360,000 a day in 2017, which is 11.5 percent more than the previous year.
TRA foiled 615 cyber-attacks in first ten months of 2017
The largest number of cyber-attacks were recorded in January which witnessed 136 offensives, 133 of which targeted government sites.
NiceHash says $64M hacking attack possibly made from non-EU IP
Slovenian cryptocurrency mining marketplace, NiceHash, has recently disclosed a $64 million bitcoin hack on its payment system. In a report published …
Uber paid 20-year-old hacker to destroy stolen data: Reuters
Uber announced last month that the personal data of 57 million users, including 600,000 drivers in the United States, was stolen in a 2016 breach.
Cryptocurrency marketplace NiceHash reveals security breach
NiceHash, a cryptocurrency marketplace, has disclosed that the content of its bitcoin wallet had been stolen in a security breach. …
ESET teams up with Microsoft to combat Gamarue botnet
Security researchers at ESET, in collaboration with Microsoft and law enforcement agencies – the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Interpol, …
Middle East posts world’s highest increase in data breach costs
“Businesses need holistic data protection strategies and solutions to prevent, contain, and remediate data breaches,” says Savitha Bhaskar, Condo Protego.