Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by a ransomware attack disclose the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS). The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) disclosed via a press statement that the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by a ransomware attack. DBS is a joint venture by the Seychelles government and some shareholders including Bank, Caisse Francaise de Cooperation, European Investment Bank, DEG, Standard Chartered Bank, and Barclays Bank. .

Banking 118

Banking Ransomware Government Advertising 118

Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Infosec is a largely non-technical field. People learn a topic only as far as they need to regurgitate the right answer on a certification test. Over time, they start to believe misconceptions about that topic that they never learned. Eventually, these misconceptions displace the original concept in the community. A good demonstration is this discussion of the "security through obscurity fallacy".

InfoSec 75

InfoSec Passwords CISO Accountability 75

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The INVDoS (Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service) Attack would have allowed hackers to crash Bitcoin nodes and alternative chains. Two years ago, the Bitcoin protocol engineer Braydon Fuller. discovered a major uncontrolled memory resource consumption denial-of-service vulnerability ( INVDoS ), tracked as CVE-2018-17145 , that affected the peer-to-peer network code of three implementations of Bitcoin and other blockchains, including Litecoin, Namecoin, and Decred, The researcher ke

Advertising 96

Advertising Cryptocurrency Engineering DDOS 96

WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Plus: Ransomware holds up schools, Zoom adds two-factor, and more of the week's top security news.

Internet 77

Internet Internet Ransomware 77

Advertisement

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

A cybercrime group named Malàsmoke has been targeting porn sites over the past months with malicious ads redirecting users to exploit kits. A cybercrime group named Malàsmoke has been targeting porn sites over the past months, it is placing malicious ads on adult-themed websites to redirect users to exploit kits and deliver malware. According to researchers from Malwarebytes, the gang was abusing practically all adult ad networks, but in the last campaign, they hit for the first time a top publi

Cybercrime 82

Cybercrime Advertising Malware Internet 82