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Information Age Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are often quite unsophisticated, brute force attempts to disable a website or network by barraging it with traffic, but the damge they can do to victims can be considerable. To date, police have generally considered DDoS attacks to be a 'low level' crime,...

SC Magazine A new variant of malware has been discovered that uses DNS to evade antivirus measures, security researchers have warned. Dubbed Multigrain, the malware is a variant of the NewPoSThings family of malware. It infects Windows processes that process credit card data and collects financial information before sending it off...

SC Magazine  Malwarebytes researchers spotted what they called the “perfect storm” of ransomware, malvertising, phishing attacks, and other malware following the breach of a popular forum dedicated to “Celebgate” leaked nude photos. Vann Abernethy,  our field chief technology officer, said users shouldn't rush to pay ransoms if they get infected with ransomware. To...

Continuity  Central New EU data protection rules were given their final approval by MEPs on Thursday and the countdown for European-based organizations to manage the compliance risk has started. The European Parliament’s vote ends more than four years of work on a complete overhaul of EU data protection rules. Alex...

CCR Magazine The European Parliament passed the final vote for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These approved new data protection rules will strengthen online privacy, streamline legislation between the 28 member states and boost police and security cooperation. Notably, the regulation includes tougher penalties for companies in breach...