Scammers are spreading fake Jio apps to generate advertising revenue The issue is urgent for countires like India, where more than 800 million people will be on smartphones within the next few years. Jun 28, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Eric Welling speaks at a Department of Justice press briefing. The former senior FBI official has joined Accenture. (FBI) Outgoing FBI cyber official joins Accenture’s incident response team Eric Welling is the latest cybersecurity official to leave the bureau for a private sector job. Jun 28, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
FDA urges patients to ditch vulnerable insulin pumps built by Medtronic Medtronic equipment again is the subject of a cybersecurity warning from U.S. regulators. Jun 27, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Scoop News Group photo) Chronicle, Alphabet’s push into security, will join Google Cloud The surprise combination is scheduled to be complete within a few months. Jun 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Need more evidence that IoT security is a big deal? Here’s what NIST has to say It will become more difficult to patch security vulnerabilities, hackers will have new avenues for cyberattacks, and the visibility into security incidents will only get murkier, the… Jun 27, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
In “Scary Granny ZOMBY,” gamers are challenged to escape a house while the app steals their password. A zombie game with 50,000 Play Store downloads was pulling sensitive data from Gmail "Scary Granny ZOMBY" displayed a phishing page that appeared to be from Google. The Play Store pulled the game down in response to Wandera's research. Jun 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Lawyer for alleged LinkedIn hacker wants out, says client is ‘not sane’ The court filing marks the end of a chapter in Yevgeniy Nikulin’s long and strange story. Jun 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
APT33 changed their code after a report in March. (Getty) Spies targeting Saudi Arabia switched tactics after Symantec exposed them, report says APT33, also known as Elfin and Refined Kitten, "appears undeterred following previous exposés of their activity," Recorded Future said. Jun 26, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Another Florida city is making a ransomware payment, worth nearly $500,000 this time City leaders throughout the U.S. undoubtedly have followed the May ransomware attack in Baltimore Jun 26, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Flickr user Lani Elderts) Gift-card scheme went well beyond Wipro hack, RiskIQ reports RiskIQ has found at least five different attack campaigns tied to the perpetrators of the apparent Wipro breach. Jun 26, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas