Cyber Security Roundup for February 2016

This month saw the trend in Spear Phishing and Ransomware cyber attacks continues across all industry sectors. Snapchat disclosed their CEO had fallen victim to a spear phishing attack which led to disclosure of Snapchat employee payroll information. 

Two German hospitals were victim to ransomware after a member of staff opened a malware infected email attachment. The ransomware crippled X-ray machines and email systems for two weeks, underlining the business risk ransomware presents.

News

• Snapchat got whaled, employee payrollreleased
• Ransomware holds data hostage in two Germanhospitals
• Cyber attackers demand ransom from GuernseyBusinesses
• Ukraine Cyber-Attacks 'could happen to UK’
• Nissan Leaf security flaw exposed by Security Expert
• IS hackers target small Solar UK firm inCyber Attack
• BlackEnergyAPT Attacks in Ukraine employ spear phishing with Word documents

Reports

• PwC Economic Crime Survey: A quarter of UKcompanies hit by Cyber-Attack
• Mandiant M-Trends 2016 Report: Hackers are becoming more Aggressive
• Webroot Annual Threat Brief: 97% of 2015 malwarewas unique to recipient
• Gemalto IT Study: 54% said their companyhad a Payment Card Breach (PCI DSS)
• Proofpoint The Human Factor Research Report
• Dell: Malware Attacks Doubled in Just 12Months
• Insider Threat most dangerous way to gaininside access to sensitive information