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Cybersecurity fatigue sets in while investors look for a shot of adrenaline
In the fast-moving world of cybersecurity, the operative word today is fatigue. Information technology organizations have alert fatigue …
Data leak exposes 48M user profiles scraped from Facebook, Zillow and other sites, researcher says
A security researcher discovered an unprotected LocalBlox container in February. (BigStock Photo) A cybersecurity firm called UpGuard has …
Transcription Service Leaked Medical Records
MEDantex, a Kansas-based company that provides medical transcription services for hospitals, clinics and private physicians, took down its …
Nintendo Switch users about to get pwned after unpatchable flaw found in NVIDIA Tegra chips
Security researcher Kate Temkin has released proof-of-concept code to launch an exploit chain called Fusée Gelée, which relies on an …
Is Cyber-Security Getting Better or Getting Worse?
NEWS ANALYSIS: The RSA Conference 2018 event was branded with the theme – Now Matters – but does it actually …
Threat Intel: Finding Balance in an Overcrowded Market
If you were at last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, chances are good you heard someone talk about data visibility. The influx of …
Threat Actors Turn to Blockchain Infrastructure to Host & Hide Malicious Activity
In a troubling trend for enterprises and law enforcement, threat actors are ramping up their use of blockchain domains to hide malicious …
What You Need to Know About GDPR Breach Disclosure, Response
Incident response is a critical pillar of an effective endpoint security program, one that will gain importance as GDPR enforcement comes …
Is Cyber-Security Getting Better or is it Getting Worse?
NEWS ANALYSIS: The RSA Conference 2018 event was branded with the theme – Now Matters – but does it actually …
Trustjacking: iTunes’ Wi-Fi Sync Feature Vulnerable to Exploitation
“We discovered this by mistake actually,” Sharabani says. “Roy was doing research and he connected his own iPhone to his own computer …
Cyberattacks: Moving From Detection to Prevention
The endpoint remains the favored attack surface for criminals, yet most cybersecurity solutions rely on detection rather than prevention, …
iTunes’ Wi-Fi Sync Feature Vulnerable to Exploitation
“We discovered this by mistake actually,” Sharabani says. “Roy was doing research and he connected his own iPhone to his own computer …
Sanctions against Kaspersky are ‘logical next step,’ senator says – CNET
Kaspersky Lab might soon be blocked from operating in the US entirely. The US government is considering sanctions against the Russian …
Crypo Agility: It’s Importance to IoT
What is crypto agility, and why is it so important to IoT? Ted Shorter of Certified Security Solutions offers an …
Atlanta spent at least $2.6 million on ransomware recovery
Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on recovery efforts stemming from a ransomware attack, which crippled a sizable part of the city’s …
Quick Take-Aways From the RSA Security Conference
Like many others, I’m still recovering from last week’s marathon at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Here’s a shotgun …
Cyber Threat Alliance blows out one candle on its celebratory cake
With tens of thousands of cybersecurity professionals attending the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, this month, the chances …
Uppersafe Makes Its Point About Internet Safety With Disturbing Marketing Stunt
Uppersafe is an internet security company protecting its customers from cyber attacks, hackers, and – get this – hackers who hack into …
Senator Shaheen: Sanctions on Kaspersky logical next step – CNET
Kaspersky Lab might soon be blocked from operating in the US entirely. The US government is considering sanctions against the Russian …
DevOps on AWS Radio: Washington Post – Patrick Cullen (Episode 14) [Podcast]
In this episode, Paul Duvall and Brian Jakovich cover recent DevOps on AWS news and speak with Patrick Cullen – a principal architect from …
Science fiction becomes science fact – Our brains can be hacked
According to researchers “to preclude the above attacks, we presented a practical and complete security architecture through which the …
‘Orangeworm’ hacking campaign hits X-ray and MRI machines
Malware from a newly disclosed hacking campaign has infected the networks of multinational health care companies, including some X-ray …
Announcing the new AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam
Good news for cloud security experts: the AWS Certified Security — Specialty exam is …
Secure Tomcat Hosting: Restrict Access to Your Web Application
Is it possible to have too much security while running your own app? Nowadays, applications are a common target of potential attacks and …
NHS Digital has just 20 “Suitably Skilled” Cybersecurity Staff
The NHS is the world’s fifth largest employer, topped only by the United States Department of Defense, China’s People’s Liberation …
Gmail Users Receive Mysterious Spam Messages From Themselves
You’ve no doubt seen your fair share of spam in your inbox over the years. These days, however, services like Gmail and Outlook.com have …
Ride-hailing app Careem reveals data breach affecting 14 million people
Careem, the ride-hailing company based in Dubai, revealed today it was the victim of a cyber breach. Hackers accessed the names, email …
A week in security (April 16 – April 22)
Last week, we took a stroll down memory lane talking about Facebook and MySpace, noticed a change in the Magnitude exploit kit—wherein it …
Insider Threat: Putting Theory Into Practice
For years, Dawn Cappelli studied and wrote about the insider threat. Then she went to Rockwell Automation and built an insider …
5 PCI Compliance Standards CISO’s Care About the Most
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a defined standard that acknowledges a set of Policies and Procedures planned …
Does Good Privacy Equal Good Business?
As the world prepares for GDPR enforcement, a new Privacy Maturity Benchmark study finds that 65 percent of respondents say their …
Loading Kernel Shellcode
This post begins a series centered on kernel software analysis, and introduces a tool that uses a custom Windows kernel driver to load and …
Advanced Hackers Infect X-Ray Machines In Healthcare Espionage
Yet another hacker crew has been battering the healthcare industry in recent months. But rather than just aim for the PCs, its also gotten …
Gmail Spam Campaign Annoying, Not a Hack
One user reported changing their password only to have the spam messages sent again. Users who have two-factor authentication enabled …
NHS Digital has just 20 “Suitably Skilled” Cybersecurity Staff a Year after WannaCry
The NHS is the world’s fifth largest employer, topped only by the United States Department of Defense, China’s People’s Liberation …