Tavis Ormandy, one of Google’s “Project Zero” team’s security researchers discovered a vulnerability that could effectively perform a denial-of-service attack on Windows servers. There is a 90-day disclosure deadline associated with Project Zero, and since it was day 91, Ormandy released the information.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 14, 2019
Managing the traditional limitations of time and resources means that running a small business on a budget is a challenge, but these difficulties become more pronounced when resources are stretched even further by the increased security demands of new technology.
- By Terry Hearn
- Jun 14, 2019
An DDoS attack aimed at slowing connectivity for the Telegram app took place this week. The cyberattack coincided with large protests in Hong Kong, and with most of the IP addresses coming from China, it is speculated that they were involved in the attack.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 14, 2019
Kapersky security researchers have identified a new phishing attack that takes place in Google Calendar. Threat actors send a Google Calendar invitation to a user that contains a malicious link hosting a phishing URL.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 13, 2019
Bromium®, Inc. has announced the findings of ‘Behind the Dark Net Black Mirror,’ a study that showed the growing risk posed by the dark net to the enterprise.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 13, 2019
A subcontractor of U.S. Customs & Border Protection transferred images of travelers and license plates to its network without CBP’s authorization or knowledge. He was subsequently hacked, and the information was compromised.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 12, 2019
A group of 14 Stanford scholars put together a report of recommendations for increased election security, addressing problems of cybersecurity, ballot security, and election transparency.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 11, 2019
Cisco recently announced that it plans to acquire Sentryo in order to optimize visibility, segmentation, and operations for Cisco customers.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 07, 2019
LabCorp reported that about 7.7 million patients’ personal information may have been compromised in the AMCA data breach.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 06, 2019
No matter how good an organization’s perimeter defenses and threat detection systems are, it really is just a matter of when it will get breached.
- By Tom Hickman
- Jun 06, 2019
The AMCA said they hired a third-party external forensics firm to investigate the Quest Diagnostics data breach
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 05, 2019
Quest Diagnostics has warned its 12 million customers that their personal, financial and medical data may have been exposed.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Jun 04, 2019
As you walk into a venue to cheer on your favorite team, or see a favorite singer or show, it’s likely that one of the last things on your mind is the potential for a cyber attack.
- By Chris Calvert
- Jun 01, 2019
First American Financial Corporation was made aware of a flaw that exposed their client's mortgage documents.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 29, 2019
Baltimore has been inching closer to restoring computer systems after a ransomeware attack on May 7.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 24, 2019
While companies and individuals embrace innovation, cybercriminals make use of the new backdoors to improve the scope of their hacking.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting technology provided by “foreign adversaries,” in what is widely being called a “Huawei ban.”
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 20, 2019
Here are some of the challenges that we must resolve before making the electric grid hacker-proof.
- By Kayla Matthews
- May 20, 2019
Security is now being analyzed during the development process to account for every variable.
- By Jeff Keyes
- May 20, 2019
Here's what you need to know about WhatsApp's major security flaw.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 16, 2019