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European Comission wants ENISA to introduce EU-wide cybersecurity certification scheme

Issued by: Help Net Security

“Cyber security attacks know no borders and no one is immune,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker noted in his State of the Union Speech on Wednesday. He also said they can be more dangerous to the stability of democracies and economies than guns and tanks. With that in mind, the European Union needs a strong…

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Phishers targeting LinkedIn users via hijacked accounts

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new phishing campaign has been spotted hitting LinkedIn users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts that have been hijacked by the phishers, thus increasing the likelihood that recipients will trust the message and click on the link. The messages/emails say that the sender has…

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Insurers increasingly concerned about silent cyber exposure

Issued by: Help Net Security

Around half of industry practitioners see the risk of silent cyber exposure – potential cyber-related losses due to silent coverage from insurance policies not specifically designed to cover cyber risk – as growing over the coming year, according to Willis Re. Silent cyber exposure In the Willis Re survey, respondents were asked to assess the…

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13% of SMBs have experienced an IoT-based attack

Issued by: Help Net Security

One in four companies have already experienced a ransomware attack and one in eight have dealt with an IoT-based attack, according to Arctic Wolf Networks. As mid-market companies continue to embrace IoT without implementing the necessary security tools, these attacks and vulnerabilities will persist. Despite the lack of precautionary measures, organizations are well aware of…

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Experts Find 2007 Variant of Malware Linked to French Intelligence

Issued by: Security Week

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have come across a 2007 variant of Babar, a piece of malware believed to have been developed by a French intelligence agency. The activities of the cyber espionage group known as the Animal Farm came to light in March 2014, when a French publication released a series of slides from Edward Snowden….

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ROPEMAKER Attack Turns Benign Emails Hostile Post-Delivery

Issued by: Dark Reading

Just because an email is secure when it arrives in your inbox doesn’t mean that it cannot be maliciously modified later. The intersection of email and Web technologies in recent years has given attackers a way to undermine the security and non-repudiation of email, including those that are signed using PGP or SMIME, security vendor…

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US Warship Collisions Raise Cyberattack Fears

Issued by: Security Week

A spate of incidents involving US warships in Asia, including a deadly collision this week off Singapore, has forced the navy to consider whether cyberattackers might be to blame. While some experts believe that being able to engineer such a collision would be unlikely, given the security systems of the US Navy and the logistics…

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How ransomware is creating a data backup explosion

Issued by: CSO

While the WannaCry ransomware and Petya – a wiper disguised as ransomware – are two of the most recent headline-grabbers in the security world, the truth is that we’ve been seeing this type of attack become more common over the past few years. Because data is the new oil in the digital economy, ransomware attacks…

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Take a vacation—just not from cybersecurity best practices!

Issued by: CSO

It was the end of my first day of vacation, a spectacular day spent riding the cable cars and hiking in the mountains near Chamonix, France. I’ll admit it: I felt the urge to share some vacation pics via Facebook. After all, I’d spent most of the summer following my friends as they posted their…

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Researchers Uncover Infrastructure Behind Chthonic, Nymaim Trojans

Issued by: Security Week

While analyzing malware that uses PowerShell for infection, Palo Alto Networks managed to uncover the infrastructure behind recent attacks that leveraged the Chthonic and Nymaim Trojans, along with other threats. The analysis kicked off from one malicious sample, but resulted in security researchers from Palo Alto Networks being able to identify 707 IPs and 2,611 domains supposedly…