Forget the Deep Web; North America’s Cybercrime underground is as open and free-to-enter as they come, but no less stocked with stolen data, contraband and illegal services, according to a new Trend Micro report. The security giant’s latest report, North American Underground, likens the online space to a “glass tank”—where trade goes on in full view of the criminals and law enforcers. But just like a glass tank “as much as it is transparent, it is also fragile...
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If 2015 was supposed to be the “year of the hack” in healthcare, cybercriminals really were just getting started. This year, we have seen the rise of ransomware targeting healthcare organizations, plus continued phishing attacks and even some good, old-fashioned laptop theft. Then, on Oct. 21, hackers unleashed a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the East Coast, effectively shutting down access for millions to popular sites, including Twitter, Spotify, PayPal,...
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Security experts are urging IT managers to make sure they migrate to newer versions of Internet Explorer by next week or risk exposing themselves to a new wave of attacks, as Microsoft ends support for anything older than IE9....
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Thunderbird is a local (rather than a web-based) email application. But hackers can inject HTML tags into an email message and, once a user then replies to or forwards that message, the exploit is triggered. The vulnerability allows the attacker to execute malicious script code in the victim’s browser, resulting in script code injection, persistent phishing, client-side redirects and similar client-side attacks.
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Gravwell, a log and network analytics startup funded by Gula Tech Adventures, has launched their most ambitious release to date - appropriately dubbed the "Big Bang" - and added a free trial option to their offering. Businesses and individual practitioners can now explore the infinite potential of unlimited data ingestion and analytics powered by the Gravwell Data Fusion platform....
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Preparations are well underway on Parliament Hill for the official New Year's kick-off to Canada's 150th anniversary, including an increase in special security precautions around the nation's capital."Sadly, we've seen some of the activities that take place, whether in Berlin or Paris, and you want to make sure that Canadians, when they come to their nation's capital, feel very safe," said Ottawa mayor Jim Watson ahead of Saturday's event, which will see thousan...
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