SOCOM breach investigation complete
Earlier this week we reported on personal data surrounding healthcare professionals working for SOCOM being leaked online. Since then, Potomac Healthcare Services has responded with several statements as they looked to...
Bitcoin Core releases version 0.13.2
Bitcoin Core has just released its latest update version 0.13.2. The release notes describe it as: "a new minor version release, including various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated...
Ransomware masquerades as CV
Researchers at security vendor Check Point have warned of a ransomware attack targeting HR departments. This attack is currently targeted at German speaking companies and pretends to be a job application. Researchers...
Dashlane adds Intel SGX support
Online identity management vendor Dashlane has added support for Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). The announcement came in a press release and a blog from Malaika Nicholas, Community Manager at Dashlane. This...
Did security panic help PhenixID in December
Clavister has announced that its newly acquired subsidiary PhenixID won SEK 10 Million of business in December 2016. Clavister acquired Swedish based PhenixID in November 2016 for SEK 91.5 million. The founders and...
SOCOM healthcare workers data leaked
In a brief blog post Chris Vickery at MacKeeper Security Watch has identified an 11 gigabyte data breach affecting US Special Ops. According to Vickery the data: "contained the names, locations,...
Was US power grid hacked?
The news stories surrounding the alleged hack of Burlington Electric Department's by Russian hacking group Grizzly Steppes has created interesting headlines. The story came to light over the last few days of 2016 and is covered...
Hackers come up Top Trumps
Topps Company, the owners of the Top Trumps brand and makers of collectible cards for both adults and children, has admitted to a serious data breach. In an email sent to...
KillDisk ransomware wants $210,000
The threat intelligence team at CyberX has revealed a new version of the KillDisk malware. The malware was responsible for taking out the Ukraine power grid earlier this year. Now it...
US Police seek access to Amazon Echo
It seems that the police force in Bentonville, Arkansas, are keen to exploit the new wave of digital assistants. A report in The Information (subscription required) says they have issued a...