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Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has announced enhancements to its Deep Security™ and Cloud App Security products designed to extend protection to virtual machines on the Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes platform protection, container image scanning integration with the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Gmail on the G Suite. Trend Micro Executive Vice President, Network Defense and Hybrid Cloud Security, Steve Quane said, “An increasing number of businesses...

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced that its research team has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway routers. If exploited, the vulnerabilities would give an attacker complete control over the router and visibility into everything connected to it. Millions of these devices are currently in use in U.S. homes. The rise of the smart home has turned the humble router into a top target for cybercriminals. These latest vulnerabilities discovered by...

A cyber espionage group believed to be out of Iran and known for targeting telecommunications providers and government bodies in the Middle East has added to its arsenal malware for targeting Android devices. The so-called MuddyWater hacking group, which has been in action since at least 2017, also has created new backdoor malware for spying on its targets, and has been spotted employing false flag tactics to throw off researchers and investigators, according to security...

Security researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities in a popular Verizon Fios router model that could have allowed hackers to take full control of the device. The flaws, discovered by researchers at cybersecurity firm Tenable, affect Verizon's Fios Quantum Gateway router, which is used by millions of customers of the telecommunications giant.  Verizon patched the bug in its latest software update after researchers tipped them off to the flaws in December.   Source: Daily Mail

A highly capable malware reportedly used in a failed plot to blow up a Saudi petrochemical plant has now been linked to a second compromised facility. FireEye researchers say the unnamed “critical infrastructure” facility was the latest victim of the powerful Triton malware, the umbrella term for a series of malicious custom components used to launched directed attacks. Triton,  previously linked to the Russian government, is designed to burrow into a target’s networks and sabotage...

Zain Qaiser, a member of an organized Russian-speaking cyber gang, responsible for "one of the most successful and closely guarded pieces of malicious software ever developed by the cybercrime community," was jailed for more than six years in the U.K. on Tuesday. In the U.S., both the FBI and Secret Service have also made arrests "in relation to this global malware campaign." The campaign targeted users of porn sites in more than 20 countries, placing...

Hackers are disguising viruses as illegal downloads ahead of the show's hotly anticipated final season, which airs this week. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pirate the episodes so they don't have to shell out for pricey TV packages. And it seems cyber criminals are jumping on the chance to scam viewers as they scour the web for downloads. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab say cyber criminals often use popular TV shows to...

Facebook's string of recent privacy scandals have made a dent in user trust in the company, a new study has found. In a survey administered by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, approximately 60 percent of respondents indicated that they don't trust Facebook with their personal information.  That percentage was greatly higher than the levels of user distrust recorded for rival tech giants like Amazon and Google.Source: Daily Mail

Researchers at Alphabet’s Chronicle Security say they have discovered what appears to be a new version of Flame malware that popped up in 2014 and likely remained active until 2016. The finding shows that instead of killing their operation, the attackers simply re-tooled their spy kit and added strong encryption to make it harder to detect and reverse engineer. “Nobody ever expected to see Flame again. We figured it was too old and expensive to...

The Home Office has admitted breaching data protection rules when it launched the Windrush compensation scheme. The department sent information to Windrush migrants in a way that meant their email addresses could be seen by other people. An internal review has been launched and the matter has been referred to the Information Commissioner. Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes apologised "unreservedly" for what she said was an "administrative error".Source: BBC