Новости за 13.09.2018

Atlanta-based Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions provider Bomgar today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BeyondTrust, from an affiliate of Veritas Capital. 

Macy’s, Adidas, Panera Bread and Chili’s. These are just a few of the retailers and merchants who made headline news in the last few months when they became victims of cyberattacks that put payment card data and other personally identifiable information (PII) at risk for thousands of customers.

Mobile, as a financial fraud threat vector, is growing dramatically. Fifty-eight percent of digital transactions now originate from mobile devices, and one-third of attacks are via mobile.

One year after researchers disclosed the Bluetooth vulnerabilities dubbed BlueBorne, more than 2 billion devices are believed to still be vulnerable to attacks, either because their owners have failed to install patches or due to the fact that no patches are available.

The rapid deployment of IoT devices has had a significant and lasting impact on the security of today's evolving network. BYOD, the first significant infusion of IoT devices begun over a decade, was focused mainly on user-owned devices such as mobile phones and laptops. Even then, as system administrators began to wrestle with ways to integrate unsecured and unprotected devices into primarily closed networks, cybercriminals quickly began exploiting this new attack vector.

Over the last few days, UK national press has run headlines such as "IT'S CYBER WAR! Prime Minister May vows to take on President Putinís novichok spy network" (Daily Mail); and "Novichok poisoning: Theresa May 'orders cyberwar' on Russia's spy network as she calls UN security meeting" (Evening Standard).

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Researchers discovered that the firmware running on nearly all modern computers is vulnerable to cold boot attacks that can allow hackers to recover highly sensitive data from the device’s memory.

A group of United States senators this week sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting clarifications regarding the Department of State’s failure to meet federal cybersecurity standards.

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a 38-year-old Russian national accused of operating the notorious Kelihos botnet, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges.

The Russia-based Cobalt hacking group has made heavy use of the CobInt malware in recently observed campaigns, Proofpoint’s security researchers warn.