Data breach at Dutch lab even bigger: potentially millions of victims
The data breach at Clinical Diagnostics appears to be even larger than initially thought. The Dutch Populatio...
Security
Cybersecurity has been a challenge from the beginning of IT and it will be until the end. It all started with endpoint and network security, but today we are also dealing with cloud security and training our employees to incorporate good security practices. All these new technologies that help us innovate also help cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers get new tools that they can use to access our systems and, in the worst cases, gain access to our most valuable data and trade secrets. Moreover, with new legislation such as GDPR, you have to make sure everything is secure or you will not only lose your reputation, but you could also be fined by the government. In short, protecting IT environments is more important than ever.
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U.S. postal service leaks data from 60 million customers due to problem with API
The USPS, the American postal service, has closed a vulnerability that made the data of about 60 million custo...
GroenLinks and VVD don’t want Chinese systems in the police and other emergency services.
As far as GroenLinks and the VVD are concerned, the Netherlands should refrain from plans to purchase Chinese ...
Hackers actively exploit second vulnerability in WordPress plugin
Hackers have been able to exploit a second vulnerability in a commonly used WordPress plugin in just one week....
“Security company identifies hacker selling MySpace and Dropbox databases.
The American security company Recorded Future claims to have discovered the identity of a hacker who was behin...
New hack campaign focuses on governments worldwide
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 security researchers have found a new hack campaign targeting government agencies a...
Antivirus programs do not see new malware that steals cryptic currency
EnSilo security researchers have found a new form of malware that can bypass antivirus programs. The malware u...
BlackBerry acquires $1.4 billion security company Cylance
BlackBerry informs Techzine of an agreement to acquire Cylance, a cybersecurity company. The Canadian company ...
WebCobra malware installs miners for monero and zcash
McAfee Labs reports that a new type of malware has been found that works as a cryptographic mineral. The malwa...
Investigators find seven new Meltdown and Spectre attacks
A team of nine investigators claims to have detected seven new CPU attacks. The attacks affect AMD, ARM and In...
SophosLabs: ‘Cyber attacks will be much more targeted in 2019’.
According to SophosLabs, cyber attacks are becoming increasingly targeted and cybercriminals are stalking vict...