Bitfinex, a Hong Kong-based exchange for bitcoin suspended trading after revealing a security breach in which thieves made off 119,756 bitcoins or more than $60 million worth of the digital currency. Trading of bitcoin on other exchanges was sharply down on Tuesday evening. The losses are estimated to equal nearly one-fifth of bitcoin’s overall value. The largest bitcoin … [Read more...]
Hacking Nation States & Crashing iPhones – WSWiR Episode 154
Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]
Crowd-sourced Ransomware – Daily Security Byte EP.90
Cyber criminals are getting more creative with malware dissemination by crowd-sourcing distribution. A ransomware author is giving away his creation for free, in return for help finding new victims. Cyber criminals spread the malware far and wide, and the author gets a 30% cut of the illicit profits. Watch today's security video to learn more about this new threat called … [Read more...]
Cryptolocker Copycat – WSWiR Episode 90
Linkedin Sues Hackers, Yahoo Spreads Malware, and PowerLocker Copies CryptoLocker What are the latest vulnerabilities, who's the most recent breach victim, and how do you protect yourself from the newest cyber attacks? Learn all this and more in WatchGuard weekly security news summary video! This week I share how ads on the European Yahoo site spread malware, I talk about how … [Read more...]
Drone Skyjacking – WSWiR Episode 87
NSA Botnet, Windows 0day, and Bitcoin Robberies It's time for our regular Information Security (Infosec) summary video. If you want to hear about all the latest network and computer security news from one quick and easy source, this video is for you. This week's episode comes a bit late, but I will return to the Friday schedule this week. In this episode, I talk about the NSA … [Read more...]
