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The prpl Foundation, an open-source, community-driven consortium with a focus on enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the smart society of the future, today announced Vodafone Group has joined the Foundation. As a leading multi-national telecommunications provider and Europe’s fastest-growing fixed broadband provider, Vodafone joins prpl with the intent to accelerate the harmonization of software platforms for in-home devices like routers in order to foster innovation in the digital home and smart...

In their quarterly report, PandaLabs, the Security Operations Center at Panda Security, presents a rundown of the three most harrowing months in cybersecurity in recent years. The Quarter in Numbers This quarter has been defined by two major attacks: WannaCry and Petya. The first infected over 230,000 computers in May and caused losses of between one and four billion dollars. The second, a sort of aftershock of the WannaCry earthquake, ended up affecting companies in...

Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a new variant of the Svpeng mobile banking Trojan that features keylogging functionality, a technique more commonly associated with targeted threat actors. The modified Trojan steals entered text such as banking credentials by abusing Android’s accessibility services. This approach also allows the Trojan to grant itself other permissions and rights and to counteract attempts to uninstall it. The researchers warn that simply keeping device software up to date does not...

West Ham United has established a partnership with leading cyber security consultancy Foregenix to help safeguard its data and prepare for the introduction of tough new data privacy rules. The project will include a number of cyber security initiatives and build on the work carried out as part of the club’s move to their new London Stadium home. Mike Bohndiek, Head of IT at West Ham, said it would benefit both fans and employees alike....

Zscaler, Inc., the leading cloud security company, today announced the findings of a study from Zscaler™ ThreatLabZ showing that malicious threats using SSL encryption are on the rise in 2017. According to the study, an average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud, the largest security cloud, have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that the Zscaler cloud saw an average of 8.4 million* SSL/TLS-based security blocks per day this year....

The second quarter of 2017 was proof that long-lasting DDoS attacks are back in business. The longest attack in the quarter was active for 277 hours (more than 11 days) – which is a 131 per cent increase compared to Q1. This is so far a record for the year, says the Q2 2017 botnet DDoS report from Kaspersky Lab experts. Duration was not the only distinctive feature of the DDoS attacks between April and...

Phishing emails are still useful when it comes to penetrating a bank's information infrastructure. Intruders used to fake a sender address, but now they have a new game plan: they attack suppliers and partners and use hacked accounts of real employees to continue an attack against financial organizations. Moreover, intruders send malware files under the guise of bank notifications and attack both personal and work emails of bank employees.   This was revealed in Positive...

The data recovery experts at Kroll Ontrack are seeing an increase in do-it-yourself (DIY) data recovery attempts on media shipped to their labs.   “DIY data recovery techniques and videos found on the Internet are encouraging individuals to attempt to recover their own data when a loss occurs”, says Robin England, Senior Research and Development Engineer at Kroll Ontrack. “We are seeing an influx of drives that have evidence of a DIY data recovery attempt....

Bitdefender has discovered a security vulnerability in IoT connected cameras, that is estimated to affect over 175,000 devices worldwide. The vulnerability was found in two camera models, the iDoorbell and the NIP-22. Both of the cameras are manufactured by Shenzhen Neo Electronics: a Chinese company that offers surveillance and security solutions in the form of sensors, alarms and IP cameras. The tested cameras use UPnP to open ports on the router, so they can be accessed...

Visa Inc. research launched today has shed light on the online “basket anxiety” sweeping the nation. The study, which looked at the spending habits of 1,000 UK online shoppers, reveals nearly three quarters (72%) of British online shoppers have abandoned their shopping baskets on retailer websites and apps due to finding the payment process tedious or concerns over online security. Of those who have abandoned their basket mid-purchase, more than three-quarters (76%) cite concerns over...