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• Cyber attacks pose serious threat to rail operations and can cause problems such as signalling faults, say experts October 22, 2019
  Mr Huang, along with SBS Transit's head of rail development Jeffrey Sim and Thales' cyber-security expert for transport Benoit Bruyere, were speaking at a panel discussion on cyber security for rail at the 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress on Tuesday. The experts' comments come in the light of Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan's call […]
• IoT puts business in hackers' crosshairs October 22, 2019
  They will improve our safety, make our lives easier, and boost productivity.Professor Jill Slay, La Trobe University’s Optus chair of cyber security, says these low-power devices are often inadequately protected and make a tempting target for hackers.“Every user, whether home or business, who uses a device connected to the internet is at risk,” says Professor […]
• Malspam Campaign Targeted German Orgs with Buran Ransomware October 22, 2019
  Researchers spotted a malspam campaign that targeted German organizations with samples of the Buran crypto-ransomware family. In early October, Bromium observed a malspam campaign whose emails impersonated online fax service eFax. This technique helped the Word documents evade detection, as they didn’t need to pass under the watchful gaze of email gateway security solutions. These […]
• High-profile Ransomware That Helped Attackers Make Massive Profits For Its Operators October 22, 2019
  A staple of many types of ransomware is encryption. It encrypts files on victims’ devices so that they cannot be opened without a password.
• Healthcare Organizations have Become Hotbed for Phishing Email Attacks in First Quarter of 2019 October 22, 2019
  There has been a 300% jump in imposter emails sent to healthcare organizations during the first quarter of 2019. 77% of email attacks launched used malicious URLs.
• Russian APT Group Turla Compromised Iranian APT To Target Various Countries October 22, 2019
  Using the TTPs of the Iranian APT, along with the list of active victims and credentials, and the code needed to build versions of tools such as Neuron, Turla has expanded its coverage. Turla has also used victim networks previously compromised using Snake to scan for servers infected with the ASPX shells in at least […]