February 16, 2017
Should security pros get special H-1B visa consideration?
F-Secure buys industrial control security firm
February 16, 2017
A.I. faces hype, skepticism at RSA cybersecurity show
February 16, 2017
Former NSA techies raise $8m for their data governance startup
February 16, 2017
Yahoo warns users of account breaches related to recent attacks
February 16, 2017
A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices
February 16, 2017
At RSA, doubts abound over US action on cybersecurity
February 16, 2017
Demystifying targeted malware used against Polish banks
The purpose of this blog is to deliver technical details of an as-yet minimally documented malware that has made headlines in Poland. The post Demystifying targeted malware used against Polish banks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 16, 2017
More Yahoo users warned of malicious account access via forged cookies
February 16, 2017
RSA 2017: The year the little guys get swallowed up
RSA feels like a mashup of giant tech Titans steadily swallowing up the little guys to make one massive, unholy tech monster. But how does that really work for small businesses as customers, and the rest of us? The post RSA 2017: The year the little guys get swallowed up appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 16, 2017
Gmail starts blocking JavaScript attachments: Alternative infector vectors to be expected?
Gmail rolls out a new policy to block JavaScript attachments, increasing security restrictions as ransomware attacks increase. The post Gmail starts blocking JavaScript attachments: Alternative infector vectors to be expected? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 16, 2017
What is Cyber Deception?
February 16, 2017
Revealed: Web servers used by disk-nuking Shamoon cyberweapon
February 16, 2017
Organizations ‘concerned by cybersecurity skills gap’
The ongoing cybersecurity skills gap is dealing a significant blow to the confidence of organizations looking to defend themselves against potential attacks. The post Organizations ‘concerned by cybersecurity skills gap’ appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 16, 2017
Crypto-curious? Wickr’s opened its kimono for code review
February 16, 2017
ITU ponders whether blockchain belongs in its security standards
February 16, 2017
Setting Expectations Between States on Cyberwar
February 16, 2017
Republicans send anti-Signal signal to US EPA
February 15, 2017
World’s Sturdiest Phone Nokia 3310 To Be Relaunched this Year
February 15, 2017
Verizon! surprisingly! OK! with! Yahoo! despite! mega-hack!
February 15, 2017
The City of San Diego is the 8th largest city in the US and has over 12,000 employees, numerous vendor partnerships, as well as a vast array of diverse systems and devices to protect. In addition to more traditional endpoints and data centers, the City must protect each new piece of smart technology it implements. These […]
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Qemu: net: mcf_fec: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive[CVE-2016-9776] Qemu: audio: memory leakage in ac97 [CVE-2017-5525] Qemu: audio:memory leakage in es1370 device [CVE-2017-5526] oob access in cirrus bitblt copy[XSA-208, CVE-2017-2615]
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: – update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2016-9179)
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: The newest upstream commit, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values notvalidated properly when handling a spell file
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-7922, CVE-2016-7923, CVE-2016-7924, CVE-2016-7925,CVE-2016-7926, CVE-2016-7927, CVE-2016-7928, CVE-2016-7929, CVE-2016-7930,CVE-2016-7931, CVE-2016-7932, CVE-2016-7933, CVE-2016-7934, CVE-2016-7935,CVE-2016-7936, CVE-2016-7937, CVE-2016-7938, CVE-2016-7939, CVE-2016-7940,CVE-2016-7973, CVE-2016-7974, CVE-2016-7975, CVE-2016-7983, CVE-2016-7984,CVE-2016-7985, CVE-2016-7986, CVE-2016-7992, CVE-2016-7993, CVE-2016-8574,CVE-2016-8575, CVE-2017-5202, CVE-2017-5203, CVE-2017-5204, CVE-2017-5205,CVE-2017-5341, CVE-2017-5342, CVE-2017-5482, CVE-2017-5483, CVE-2017-5484,CVE-2017-5485, CVE-2017-5486
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-3135
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: The 4.9.9 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-2586, CVE-2017-2587 and CVE-2017-5849, —- Addlicense information file copyright_summary —- New version of netpbm isavailable (10.77.00)
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Rebase to latest upstream gitrev 20161120
February 15, 2017
Government focuses on young people to tackle cyberskills shortage
February 15, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
February 15, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
February 15, 2017
Fake news: what can we all do to play our part in combating it?
February 15, 2017
Turning Tables on Nigerian Business Email Scammers
February 15, 2017
UK credit broker fined £120k for spamming folk with five million texts
February 15, 2017
Security researchers trick ‘CEO’ email scammer into giving up identity
February 15, 2017
Google Touts Progress in Android Security in 2016
February 15, 2017
‘World’s eighth-worst spammer sent more than a million emails’
February 15, 2017
Man sues Uber after privacy flaws ‘led to his divorce’
February 15, 2017
Pwnd Android conference phone exposes risk of spies in the boardroom
February 15, 2017
Proof-of-concept ransomware to poison the water supply
February 15, 2017
Kremlin-linked hackers believed to be behind Mac spyware Xagent
February 15, 2017
No Firewalls, No Problem for Google
February 15, 2017
RSA 2017: Deconstructing macOS ransomware
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]
February 15, 2017
Forget quantum and AI security hype, just write bug-free code, dammit
February 15, 2017
New Chinese Cybersecurity Threats
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
February 15, 2017
Google claims ‘massive’ Stagefright Android bug had ‘sod all effect’
February 15, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
February 15, 2017
Meet LogicLocker: Boffin-built SCADA ransomware
February 15, 2017
DHS Chairman Paints Bleak US Cybersecurity Picture
February 15, 2017
Schneier Brings Campaign for IoT Regulation to RSA
February 14, 2017
ASLR-security-busting JavaScript hack demo’d by university boffins
February 14, 2017
Apple: Don’t panic, but your Mac can be pwned via GarageBand .bands
February 14, 2017
‘We need a new Geneva Convention to protect all citizens from snoops’
February 14, 2017
Bruce Schneier: The US government is coming for YOUR code, techies
February 14, 2017
Cryptographers Dismiss AI, Quantum Computing Threats
February 14, 2017
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February 14, 2017
Someone DDoSed A University Server By Hacking Its Vending Machines
February 14, 2017
Microsoft’s president wants a Geneva Convention for cyberwar
February 14, 2017
Adobe Patches 13 Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Flash
February 14, 2017
Sage 2.0 ransomware wants to be just like Cerber when it grows up
February 14, 2017
No, you can’t get Verizon Unlimited free for 12 months
February 14, 2017
Nation States Distancing Themselves from APTs
February 14, 2017
65% of IT professionals feel Shadow IT is compromising cloud security
February 14, 2017
Battle of the botnets: My zombie horde’s bigger than yours
February 14, 2017
Ransomware attackers shift focus and resources to high-value sectors
February 14, 2017
Twitter stumbles on safety feature as users push back
February 14, 2017
Researcher develops ransomware attack that targets water supply
February 14, 2017
We’re not telling you anything new when we say that malware continues to pose a major challenge for businesses of all sizes. Polymorphism, in particular, is especially dangerous. Polymorphic executables constantly mutate without changing their original algorithm, meaning the code can change itself each time it replicates, even though its function never changes at all. […]
February 14, 2017
Worried about hacks, senators want info on Trump’s personal phone
February 14, 2017
New Android trojan mimics user clicks to download dangerous malware
Android users are exposed to a new malicious app imitating Adobe Flash Player and serving as an entrance gate for potentially any kind of dangerous malware The post New Android trojan mimics user clicks to download dangerous malware appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 14, 2017
ILOVEYOU: The wrong kind of LoveLetter
A game with love: How the LoveLetter virus corrupted our tech by playing on our emotions. The post ILOVEYOU: The wrong kind of LoveLetter appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
February 14, 2017
Border guards force US citizen to unlock his NASA-owned work phone
February 14, 2017
Infrastructure under attack: The next ransomware wave
February 14, 2017
Prepare for the smart bot invasion
For most of my professional life, the term “bot” has been associated with badness. As a computer security professional, whenever I saw bots involved, they were usually committing malicious acts and harnessing hundreds or thousands of otherwise innocent devices and computers to engage in harmful deeds.But that will change as good bots become more common, […]
February 14, 2017
Android Banking Trojan Marcher Infects Devices to Steal Payment Cards
February 14, 2017