Friday Five: 2/23 Edition
Cryptojacking, data breach disclosure laws, and phishing -- catch up on the week's infosec news with this roundup!
Chris Brook
Chris Brook
Chris Brook is the editor of Data Insider. He is a technology journalist with nearly a decade of experience writing about information security, hackers, and privacy. Prior to joining Digital Guardian he helped launch Threatpost.
Study: One Third of Healthcare Breaches Hit Hospitals
According to a study published last week hospital breaches accounted for one third of all data breaches and affected the largest number of victims from 2009 to 2016.
Episode 18: Christopher "Tophs" Elisan on Malware Trends
In the latest episode of the Digital Guardian podcast, Christopher "Tophs" Elisan, Principal Malware Scientist at RSA, describes recent malware trends he's seen, two approaches to thinking about breaches, and the dangers of attributing attacks.
Friday Five: 2/16 Edition
Data protection jobs, Bitcoin phishing, and Amazon S3 leaks -- catch up on the week's infosec news with this roundup!
Telegram Zero Day Let Hackers Mine Cryptocurrency, Drop Backdoors
Researchers said Tuesday the app was vulnerable to a right-to-left override attack, something which let attackers trick unsuspecting users into installing malware.
Report: Destructive Malware Used to Target Olympic Infrastructure
Researchers said Monday the Olympics were hit by new and destructive data-wiping malware last week.
Chrome to Mark All HTTP Sites "Not Secure" in July
Google announced this week it will flag all HTTP websites "Not Secure" later this summer in hopes of fostering a more secure web.
Friday Five: 2/09 Edition
Olympic hacking, bug bounties, and data regulation -- catch up on the week's infosec news with this roundup!
Breach at Partner Impacts 800,000 Swisscom Customers
Data was compromised following a breach due to what Swisscom is calling a "misappropriation of a sales partner's access rights."
Adobe Patches Flash Zero Day Exploited in the Wild
Adobe issued an emergency patch this week to fix a critical vulnerability in Flash Player hackers were using in attacks.
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