Новости за 03.10.2018

A report published on Wednesday by FireEye details the activities of a financially motivated threat actor believed to be operating on behalf of the North Korean government.

The United States is expected to make its offensive cyber warfare capabilities available to NATO, officials said Wednesday, as the alliance seeks to strengthen its defenses against Russian electronic attacks.

The US Justice Department's lawsuit to block a California law aimed at ensuring all online data to be treated equally sets up a legal clash over so-called "net neutrality" and the authority to regulate the internet.

Many of today’s massive data breaches are linked to compromised credentials belonging to remote workers, third parties, and outsourced IT contractors. While tele-work and outsourced services have become common place in the commercial and public sector, organizations still have work to do when it comes to establishing security practices to support these new business models. 

What appears to be a new campaign delivering the Betabot malware has been detected by security researchers. It doesn't look as if this campaign is directly related to the wide-ranging campaign disclosed by Kaspersky Lab in August. However, like the Kaspersky campaign, this one also uses phishing as the original point of infection.

The known provides something very comforting to the human psyche.  On the contrary, the unknown causes discomfort and unsettledness.  Perhaps it is because of this that people love to stay with what is known and familiar, even if it is less optimal.

Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire cloud security company RedLock for roughly $173 million in cash.

Britain's Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4 million ($21.4 million, 18.4 million euros) for failing to protect customers during a 2016 cyber attack, regulators said Monday.    

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Facebook has shared another update on the hacker attack disclosed last week. The social media giant says there is no evidence that the attackers accessed any third-party apps.