Threats and Risks
Dimnie Trojan targeting open source developers publishing on Github
Trojan targeting developers steals passwords, exfiltrates files, takes screenshots and can even self-destruct when it has served its purpose
Ministry of Justice ups salary for CISO role in a bid to flush out qualified candidates
New job ad with higher salary of up to £117,800 for MoJ CISO
Millions of SAP users exposed to ransomware due to GUI vulnerability
Security flaws in SAP client software demonstrated by researchers at ERPScan
Wikileaks attaches strings to promise to disclose security flaws to Apple, Google and Microsoft before publishing new documents
Wikileaks demands that companies promise to fix flaws abused by the CIA within 90-days of disclosure
Cisco warning over Telnet zero-day uncovered in Wikileaks' Vault7 disclosures affecting 300 switches
Turn off Telnet until a patch is issued, urges Cisco
Eight-year-old security flaw in Linux kernel patched
Fourth 'old' security flaw in Linux kernel patched
Thousands of Twitter accounts compromised by Turkish hackers to broadcast 'Nazi' tweets
Finger of blame pointed at Twitter app Twitter Counter
Millions of SAP users at risk from critical vulnerability in SAP GUI client
Number and severity of security issues in SAP's latest 'patch Tuesday described as "worrisome" by security experts
Warning over Apache Struts 2 remote-code execution vulnerability seen being exploited in the wild
Apache users urged to update ASAP as evidence emerges of increasingly widespread attacks
Verifone security breach may have compromised retail payments systems
Company admits security breach, but claims that "cyber intrusion" was only "limited"
Vault 7: Wikileaks reveals details of CIA's hacks of Android, iPhone Windows, Linux, MacOS, and even Samsung TVs
You name it, the CIA seems to have hacked it - and left their backdoors behind for others to use
Trade secrets directive to add to GDPR, NIS directive and Privacy Shield
Organisations warned of even more EU directives targeted at IT security
Ransomware booms with Locky, Cryptowall and Cerber accounting for 90 per cent of infections
Perennial 'favourites' remain most dangerous forms of malware, warns Check Point
NHS plan to access users' web browsing history to provide 'personalised' NHS.uk health advice
NHS Digital project for NHS.uk to request access to users' internet logs
Banking Trojan based on Zeus malare found in the wild
Trojan injects fake forms into web pages to persuade infected users to spill credentials and financial information
It's true: Russia really is the centre of ransomware development - Kaspersky
47 out of the 62 crypto-ransomware families developed by Russian speaking cyber-crooks
Security patch caused equipment shutdown and fire at NASA
Fire went unnoticed for three hours because the patch also took down the fire alarm system
Canadian physicists claim to have developed "quantum cloning machine" capable of hacking quantum computers
Research provides clues on securing quantum computers
Windows Server SMB zero-day exploit released after Microsoft failed to issue patch for three months
US CERT recommends blocking all outbound SMB connections until Microsoft (finally) issues patch
SMB security lacks board-level awareness and BYOD provision, says Streamwire
Hackers "face less resistance" in SMB networks, warns COO Kevin Timms
Enterprise security: 'the fashion industry at work'?
Industry insiders comment on the findings of Computing's latest security research
Almost half of top websites present a risk to visitors, says report
Menlo Security report finds 46 per cent of top sites run outdated software, host malware or have been attacked
GCHQ should do more to guard against financial cyber crime, Tory MP urges
After Tesco Bank hack intelligence services urged not to let financial crime slip down priorities list
Ten flaws found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise by researcher
Firm patched vulnerabilities after researcher threatened to go public
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