Here is our latest news roundup of articles about network and SSL security. ( to see the whole series.)
Data Security
- Mozilla Firefox announced that they plan to from its browser in the next few months, which is sooner than what they previously planned.
- Some related apps can steal contact lists, photos, and login credentials.
Data Breaches
- A data breach at the exposed PII of 4,300 patients.
- experienced a data breach, exposing usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses for 2 million users.
- Hackers stole account details for 1.6 million forum members.
- notified users and admins that they suffered a data breach. They urged users and admins to change login credentials.
Vulnerabilities
- Adobe’s latest batch of bundles that allowed remote code execution.
- Oracle patched in over 80 of their products in what is the largest bundle of patches for the company to date.
- patched several vulnerabilities in their central management system.
- in SAP HANA and SAP Trex could give an attacker access to sensitive business information.
- in their operating system, one of which could grant an attacker administrative access to devices.
- patched the remote execute command vulnerability in its Unified Computing System.
- fixed a newly discovered remote execution flaw in their products.
- A affected more than 400,000 devices.
- A in printers could lead to malware installation.
Malware
- AVG created six to help combat increasing ransomware attacks.
- It doesn’t matter if victims pay the ransom, this new ransomware deletes encrypted files regardless.
- not only encrypts files, but also encrypts the master boot record so devices are unable to load the OS.
- One steals financial login data and keeps victim from contacting their bank.
- targets security researchers using Mac.
- Security researchers discovered a that targets energy companies.
Cybercrime
- A group of hackers targeted servers to find exact location of pokemon.
- After being shut down in June, a site that offers access to compromised servers, is now back online.
- noted that recent DDoS attacks could mean criminals will attack with increasingly longer campaigns.
IoT
- The automotive industry published its first cybersecurity .
- Police report a in car thefts where criminals use electronic device to steal vehicles.
- Arbor Networks' ASERT group discovered and then using them to launch DDoS attacks.
Healthcare
- from the U.S. Department of Human Services addresses the growing threat ransomware poses for healthcare organizations.
Research & Studies
- Over half of organizations privileged accounts.
- The found that 72% of respondents feel they will experience a major data breach within a year.
- Over half of small to medium-sized businesses were victims of a data breach in the last year, according to a .
- An revealed that 29% of web traffic is from malicious bots.
- Payment card fraud is on the rise. One showed one in three consumers is victimized worldwide.
Events
- is returning for its 19th year in Las Vegas. The cybersecurity conference will begin July 30th and go to August 2nd.