Cyber Threats

AI Is Both an Opportunity and a Threat for Cybersecurity – Interview with Thierry Karsenti (Check Point)

October 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

The importance of cybersecurity worldwide needs to be properly recognized if we want our digital world to grow safer. For this, collaboration is essential among security [...]

Mikko Hyppönen: Nothing Is Free Online, We Pay With Our Data – Interview

September 28, 2017 // 5 Comments

Our world is becoming more and more connected, and with that it also becomes less safe. Following a talk he gave at the 2017 ITBN Conference in Budapest in September, [...]

Destructive Malware NotPetya and WannaCry Mark Beginning of Dark Cyber Future

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

NotPetya wreaked havoc around the world and it wasn’t even for monetary-purposes The latest global cyber attack with the NotPetya ransomware is testament to the fact [...]

Ransomware app hosted in Google Play infects unsuspecting Android user

January 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

Google Play, the official market for Android apps, was caught hosting a ransomware app that infected at least one real-world handset, security researchers said Tuesday. The [...]

UK schools targeted by web fraudsters

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fraudsters are targeting UK schools, demanding payments of up to £8,000 to unlock data they have encrypted with malware. The online criminals are initially cold-calling [...]

Chinese hackers allegedly stole secrets from US law firms

December 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Three Chinese hackers have been charged with insider trading after stealing secrets from American law firms. The Department of Justice has revealed that Lat Hong, Bo Zheng [...]

Google just published eight National Security Letters

December 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Google dropped a single National Security Letter into its most recent transparency report without much fanfare, but today the company published eight more NSLs in an attempt [...]

Yahoo’s billion-user database reportedly sold on the Dark Web for just $300,000

December 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

As if 2016 wasn’t shitty enough for Yahoo – which admitted to two separate breaches that saw 500 million users’ and then 1 billion users’ details stolen by hackers [...]