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> Premera Blue Cross Healthcare Breach Affects 11 Million
Hackers accessed information to commit financial and medical fraud, and get potentially sensitive information about medical conditions.
> Silk Road Successor Evolution Disappears From Dark Web
Drugs marketplace goes offline as rumors swirl of exit scam
> (ISC)2 Joins Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
As a new fellow, (ISC)2 contributed to the latest briefing to members of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus.
> RSA Appoints Elastica, Cisco Vet Ramzan as CTO
Ramzan has a deep background in machine learning and cloud security.
> Kilim Facebook Worm Promises Explicit Pics
Gullible users are actually infected with trojan
> BlackBerry ‘Fesses to FREAK Fail
Encrypted comms firm releases long list of affected software
> IBM: Billions of Records of Personally Identifiable Info Leaked in 2014
The main culprit is a rise in unpatched and designer vulnerabilities: more than 9,200 new flaws in Q4 alone.
> FunCaptcha Takes on the Bots
FunCaptcha replaces these standard tests with interactive, quick mini-games to more accurately detect real humans and stump bots in what its creators say is less than 10 seconds.
> CryptoLocker Variant Targets 20+ Online Games
The TeslaCrypt ransomware is taking aim at a virtual who’s who of online gaming, from Call of Duty, to Skyrim to Minecraft.
> Digital Transformation Ends in Breaches For 40% of UK Public Sector
Iron Mountain claims lack of experienced staff is hindering best practice efforts
> Twitter Bans Revenge Porn
Campaigners welcome social network’s decision after UK court ban
> UK Competition Pits Contestants Against ‘Cyber-Terrorist’ Threat
The final of the Cyber Security Challenge UK 2015 is well underway, with 42 contestants taking part in a simulated real-life cyber-terrorism incident
> Panda Labs Detects Itself as Malware
Its signature file has been updated, but there are still reports of problems.
> PayPal Buys Predictive Security Firm CyActive
Payment giant to bolster anti-malware capabilities with Israeli start-up
> BT Announces Cyber-Defense Partnership with Darktrace
BT has begun a partnership with Darktrace whereby it will integrate the latter’s Enterprise Immune System technology into its security portfolio.
> Pro-ISIS Facebook Site Taken Offline
Caliphate Book claims it has shut down to protect safety of its users
> Almost 40,000 Medical Records Stolen in Hard Drive Heist
The records overlap with the Anthem breach and contained a host of personal information ripe for fraud, ID theft and phishing.
> EquationDrug: Escalating Nation-state Espionage Sophistication
The platform has dozens of modules, and there may be dozens more to be uncovered.
> Blue Coat Swaps Private Investors For $2.4bn
Bain Capital buys security vendor from Thoma Bravo
> Apple, Microsoft Get Their FREAK Patch On
Microsoft also addressed Stuxnet vulnerabilities that have gone unpatched for five years.