Fancy Bear Hackers Breached Ukrainian Artillery Using Android Malware

Fancy Bear Hackers Breached Ukrainian Artillery Using Android Malware

A research published by security company CrowdStrike reveals that hackers who are part of Fancy Bear group managed to breach Ukraines artillery systems using a compromised Android application. The report reveals that the malware was used to track artillery units like the Soviet-built D-30 Howitzer between 2014 and 2016….

‘Alice’ Malware Loots ATMs

Trend Micro has an alert about a new bare-bones ATM malware family it recently uncovered….

U.S. charges Pakistani executive in $140 million fake diploma scheme | Reuters

The executive of a Pakistani company was charged in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday for his part in an alleged $140 million “fake-diploma mill” scheme, the latest step in a global crackdown touched off by arrests in Pakistan last year.Umair Hamid, 30, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in…….

IoT product development is broken 6 ways developers and manufacturers can fix it

This contributed piece has been edited and approved by Network World editors Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have been advancing exponentially over the last several years, with new solutions emerging and being adopted at an unprecedented rate. Gartner estimates that over 4 billion IoT devices…….

In 2017, Expect AI to Be Both Security Tool and Weapon

We should expect connected tools to be at risk for threats, but in the long run, AI will do more as a cybersecurity tool than a cybersecurity threat….

Netflix US Twitter account hacked

The Netflix US Twitter account with 2.5m followers has been compromised by a hacker group. The group, OurMine, posted tweets promoting its own website and services. However, the tweets were removed about an hour after the first one The…….