A newer and more potent version of Mirai malware was used last month to pummel an unnamed U.S. college with a 54-hour long distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
A team of three Israeli security researchers released a proof-of-concept earlier this month demonstrating the possibility of remote attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in scanners to deliver malware.
Banks worldwide are at risk of incurring costly consequences to their operations if they don't move away from legacy systems and get in step with digital advancements.
When WikiLeaks released a repository of hacking tools and techniques used by the CIA, the initial reaction was shock and awe, followed quickly by piqued interest, then a bit of annoyance.