Cybersecurity news highlights Apr 28,2016

Several gov’t websites defaced in new cyber attack

Bangko Sentral foils attempt to hack its website The latest cyber attack appears to have been perpetrated by ‘Indonesian Defacer Team……

Qatar National Bank 1.5 Gb archive leaked online

The Qatar National Bank (QNB) is investigating a possible data leak after that a 1.5 GB archive containing 15,000 files was shared online.Another incident involved the banking industry, this time the Qatar National Bank (QNB) is investigating a major…

Smile, you can recover files encrypted by the CryptXXX ransomware

This post was originally published here: post Security experts at Kaspersky have found a way to decrypt files locked by the CryptXXX The post Smile, you can recover files encrypted by the CryptXXX ransomware appeared first on OSINT ….

Cyber crims exploting ‘human nature’ as data breaches continue to mount: Verizon — iTWire

Channelnomics Cyber crims exploting ‘human nature’ as data breaches continue to mount: Verizon iTWire In prior years, Verizon makes the point that phishing was a leading attack pattern for only cyber — espionage and has now spread to 7 of the 9 patterns in the 2016 report, and stresses that this…….

Why the U.S. is bragging about dropping ‘cyberbombs’ on ISIS

The U.S. has started “dropping cyberbombs” on ISIS computer networks, according to a recent New York Times report . The term “cyberbomb” sounds like something out of a novel, and it’s a new tool in the fight against ISIS. In fact, the Obama administration’s mere mention of using cyberattacks runs…….

Malware used as part of a wider toolkit in Bangladesh Bank attack

Malware used by cybercriminals to carry out one of the biggest cyberheists in history is thought to have been part of a wider attack toolkit, according to a BAE Systems security researcher.