News August 9, 2024

Time’s up: Kaspersky is finally leaving the U.S.

3 min read - The shift started in 2017 with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ban on using Kaspersky products on any government computer systems. Now, the Department of Commerce has given the company a final push to leave the United States. As…

May 4, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Shade Ransomware Authors Release 750K Decryption Keys

3 min read - The authors of Shade ransomware announced that they were releasing 750,000 decryption keys to help victims recover their files for free. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

May 1, 2018

DDoS Attacks Increase in Volume and Duration in Q1 2018

2 min read - A recent study found that the volume and duration of DDoS attacks "rose significantly" in Q1 2018.

March 28, 2018

System Shock: Energy Sector Tops ICS Security Vulnerabilities List

2 min read - Industrial control system (ICS) security vulnerabilities are becoming high-priority targets for cybercriminals and, according to recent data, the energy industry tops the list.

February 21, 2018

Nearly 250 Million Phishing Attempts in 2017, Study Shows

2 min read - One security firm recently detected approximately 250 million phishing attempts against its users in 2017, according to a spam and phishing report.

January 17, 2018

Roughly Half of Cybersecurity Incidents Due to Employee Negligence and Weak IT Security Policies, Report Says

2 min read - Only 12 percent of employees fully understand their organization's IT security policies and human error accounts for nearly half of all cybersecurity incidents, according to a recent report.

January 10, 2018

Industrial Firms Cite Growing Complexity and Frequency of IT Security Attacks

2 min read - A recent survey revealed that IT security attacks targeting the industrial sector are growing more frequent and more complex due to human error, lack of adequate security technology and other factors.

November 14, 2017

Cybercriminals Cash In on Compromised ATM Security, Researchers Warn

2 min read - Researchers revealed how easily ATM security can be thwarted by breaking into a machine and then using malware to take down an entire network.

November 2, 2017

New Bitcoin Malware Attacks Copy and Paste Their Way to Co-Opted Currency

2 min read - A new set of bitcoin malware attacks known as CryptoShuffler generates income for fraudsters by infecting device clipboards to replace wallet IDs.

July 27, 2017

CowerSnail Backdoor Trojan Puts Windows Users at Risk

2 min read - Researchers from Kaspersky Lab recently discovered a new backdoor Trojan, called CowerSnail, that targets Windows computers.