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Booz Allen Report Assesses Cyber Threat Trends in 2019
A new Booz Allen Hamilton report that takes a look at cyber threat trends in 2019 says states may employ capabilities related to information warfare to compromise companies and consumers. Booz Allen said in the report that state-linked organizations could identify new applications for internet-of-things botnets and that threat actors might come up with new attack vectors to take advantage of non-WiFi wireless protocols.
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Symantec Helps FBI Apprehend Cyber Criminals Linked to Ad-Fraud Scam
Symantec has helped FBI crack down on cyber threat actors associated with an advertising fraud scheme, dubbed 3ve, which compromises consumer devices to drive fake internet traffic to advertisements. The bureau-led Operation Eversion resulted in the seizure of systems associated with the 3ve ad-fraudulent botnet, arrest of three people and five more indictments, the company […] More
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BitSight Survey: Botnet Attacks Prevalent Among Govt Contractors
A new survey by cybersecurity company BitSight says botnets have become widespread among government contractors specifically for manufacturing and health care firms, e-End reported Friday. BitSight polled at least 1,200 federal government contractors and found that health care firms have recorded a data breach incidence rate of 8.2 percent since January 2016, followed by aerospace […] More
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Fortinet Intros Threat Intell Service for Cybersecurity Execs
Fortinet has debuted a threat intelligence service offering designed to help cybersecurity leaders monitor global threat trends and cyber risks facing their enterprises. The cloud-based FortiGuard threat intelligence platform works to provide threat metrics and activity trends to boost chief information security officers’ cyber situational awareness, Fortinet said Monday. The service uses data from the FortiGuard Labs […] More
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Microsoft’s New Facility to Help Public, Private Sector Clients Address Cyber Threats in Latin America
Microsoft has opened a Mexico-based Cybersecurity Engagement Center as part of the company’s commitment to help government and enterprise customers in Latin America address information technology security threats. The company said Friday it established the facility to support efforts against cyber crimes such as Botnet schemes in the region, facilitate collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and Microsoft specialists and develop training programs meant […] More
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Symantec Launches Research Campaign to Help FBI Track Down ‘Bayrob’ Cyber Crime Group
A security response team at Symantec collected intelligence data to help the FBI track and facilitate arrest of three cyber criminals in Romania that are part of a cyber crime group called “Bayrob.” Symantec said Friday the group conducted computer intrusion, credit card fraud and auto auction scams that resulted in the theft of up […] More
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Blue Coat Systems Survey IDs Domains Linked to Suspicious Websites
A new Blue Coat Systems survey has advised government agencies and commercial enterprises to safeguard their computer networks from 10 top-level domain names used by dubious websites, GCN reported Wednesday. The company analyzed websites requested by 75 million users worldwide and found that .zip and .review emerged as the top two domains where 100 percent of […] More
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KPMG Poll: 81% of Healthcare Orgs Have Experienced Cyber Attacks
A KPMG survey has found that 81 percent of chief information officers, chief security officers and other executives at healthcare companies say their computer systems have been targets of cyber attacks over the past 24 months. The audit firm said Wednesday it interviewed 223 CIOs, CSOs and other senior executives and found that only 53 […] More