International InfoSec & Cybersecurity News
Top of News
World
Economic Forum Announces New Fintech Cybersecurity Consortium www. securityweek. com The World Economic Forum launched the Fintech Cybersecurity Consortium, a fintech-focused initiative to create a framework for the assessment of cybersecurity in financial technology firms and data aggregators.
New Record 1.7Tbps DDoS Also Abused Memcached Servers www. infosecurity-magazine. com New Record 1.7Tbps DDoS Also Abused Memcached Servers. Experts urge organizations to correct insecurely configured systems
Microsoft Windows Defender Prevents 400,000 Dofoil Infections www. darkreading. com Improved anti-malware detection prevented spread of cryptomining software this week, says Microsoft.
Robots hijacked by ransomware may soon become a reality- Help Net Security www. helpnetsecurity. com How soon will we see our home, office or industrial robots being hijacked and held ransom by attackers? If they dedicate their efforts to research, that day may come sooner rather than later.
International Women ' s Day: Females still lag behind males in STEM education, ACT study says www. scmagazine. com The study, which drew from the two million 2017 graduating high school students who took the ACT, found that males and females have almost equal interest in STEM, 50 percent and 47 percent.
ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries thehackernews. com Governments and Internet Service Providers in Turkey, Syria and Egypt Caught Infecting Citizens with Cryptocurrency Mining and surveillance malware.
Most healthcare organizations have been breached, report shows www. computerweekly. com
Less than a third of global healthcare organisations remain untouched, as data breaches rise across the industry, a report has revealed
5