Kirk was executive editor for security and technology for Information Security Media Group. Reporting from Sydney, Australia, he created "The Ransomware Files" podcast, which tells the harrowing stories of IT pros who have fought back against ransomware.
A list of "super user" passwords - and a default username - now circulating online appears to allow unauthorized access to some webcam video streams, security researchers warn. If confirmed, it would be yet another massive internet of things security failure by a device manufacturer.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against router and camera manufacturer D-Link for allegedly failing to secure its products. Experts say it's the opening salvo in what could be a long-term battle to fix IoT devices.
Security experts have seen a doubling in less than a day of successful attacks against insecure MongoDB databases in attempts to extract ransoms from their owners. What's the fix?
The English-language broadcaster RT, which has been closely linked to the Kremlin, is part of an ongoing Russian operation designed to sow distrust in democratic institutions, according to U.S intelligence agencies. Our collective poor cybersecurity practices only make its mission easier.
Security software often generates so many warnings that it can be difficult to figure out which ones are the most serious. How can one differentiate good intelligence from bad? John Watters, founder of iSight Partners, discusses how to separate the signal from the noise.
A massive botnet run by a Russian cybercrime gang netted more than $3 million a day by generating fake views of online video advertisements, security firm White Ops warns. Cue new concerns over the prevalence of advertising fraud in the wake of fake news worries.
MSN and Yahoo are among the major websites hit by a wave of malicious advertisements that try to deliver malware to computers. It's a resurgence of activity by a group called AdGholas, which was active in July.
Remote attackers could easily exploit backdoor accounts and software problems in more than 80 models of Sony IP cameras to install IoT malware such as Mirai, warns Austrian security firm SEC Consult.
Dailymotion, the popular Vivendi-owned video website, has allegedly suffered a data beach that may affect 87 million accounts, according to a report from stolen data aggregator LeakedSource.
Hackers apparently stole $31 million from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank in a series of cyberattacks this year, according to several news reports. The news comes as the country's security service also claims to have fought off broader attacks against the financial services industry.
Mirai, the ever-morphing malware behind devastating DDoS attacks, has also disrupted two U.K. broadband providers. The malware's framework is becoming a platform for attacks against IoT devices.
Law enforcement officials in the U.S., Europe and Asia say they've dismantled a resilient network used by cybercriminals to infect tens of millions of computers with malicious software.
The Internet Archive, a pioneering 20-petabyte digital repository, is raising funds to replicate its data in Canada. The group's founder fears that the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president portends an uncertain privacy rights future.
Deutsche Telekom says 900,000 customers were unable to access the internet after their routers were infected with malware. Researchers say it's a modified version of Mirai - code for building an internet-of-things botnet.
Facebook says it hasn't seen ransomware spreading through its Messenger instant messaging platform despite recent reports from researchers saying that the file-encrypting Locky may have slipped through.
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