Tag: information security
Microsoft discovered 71 new ransomware families in first half of 2017
Microsoft recently came out with its Security Intelligence Report which highlighted a global increase in ransomware. The researchers discovered 71 new families of ransomware...
Critical security flaw in Apache Struts puts Fortune 100 companies at...
A team of security researchers at LGTM recently discovered a security flaw in Apache Struts that allows hackers to easily breach an affected server...
Four million customer records exposed in Time Warner data breach
BroadSoft, the software and service provider trusted with the safety of the customer records of Time Warner Cable, exposed millions of customer records online...
US Senator Shaheen proposes federal ban on Kaspersky products
The predicament for Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to continue operations in the United States has hit another major road block. After the amendment in...
China bans fundraising activities through digital currency
Following a series of major security breaches of digital currency exchanges during their Initial Coin Offerings, China has banned the use of virtual currencies...
77% of educational institutions are not prepared for IT risks: Survey
Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, recently announced the release of its 2017 IT...
Entefy raises Series A at $150 million valuation
Entefy Inc. announced that the company has secured its Series A with $8 million of capital at a $150 million valuation. This has brought the company's total venture...
Fact-checker site Verrit hacked hours after Clinton’s endorsement
The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has never shied away from stirring up controversies. While social and mainstream media is abuzz...
More than 700 million email addresses leaked by misconfigured spambot
A misconfigured spambot leaked more than 700 million email addresses and millions of passwords in a massive data breach. Considered to be one of...
OurMine group hacks WikiLeaks to answer “Hack Us” challenge
The anonymous hacking group OurMine recently hacked WikiLeaks, the data-leaking site owned by Julian Assange. The users of the website were redirected to a...
