The DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate “Securing Mobile Applications for First Responders” report said that security flaws were discovered on 32 of the 33 popular apps tested.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 20, 2017
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs reported Monday on a new “jack of all trades” Android malware threat they’ve dubbed Loapi.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 19, 2017
Security firm FireEye disclosed Thursday the existence of a malware used to compromise industrial control systems and disable their safety systems to potentially cause physical damage.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 18, 2017
Three defendants have pleaded guilty to charges involving the Mirai botnet that was used to knock out several major websites last year, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 15, 2017
The FCC has voted to roll back an Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 15, 2017
More than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent) have experienced some form of cyberattack, according to new survey research released by Accenture and the American Medical Association.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 14, 2017
Experian’s Data Breach Resolution released its Data Breach Industry Forecast on Tuesday in an effort to help key business decision makers prepare against cybercrime in the year ahead.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 13, 2017
An upcoming ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) may drastically change how and where CSPs decide to store customer data.
- By Brad Thies
- Dec 11, 2017
Mecklenburg County, N.C., is working toward fixing its computer systems after refusing to pay a hacker who used ransomware to freeze dozens of local government servers.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 08, 2017
The clock is ticking on gift-buying this holiday season, but that’s no excuse not to do some research before you buy connected toys.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 06, 2017
Technology is perpetual motion personified. It is always marching forward, striving to become smarter, faster, more resilient, and more efficient than its predecessor.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- Dec 01, 2017
Only a few years ago, the inevitable shift to all things Cloud was met with guarded optimism. But today, the shift is really happening.
- By Christian Morin
- Dec 01, 2017
Being online puts you and your data at risk, but there are ways you can minimize your risk and make a hacker’s job harder.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 29, 2017
With hacks, attacks, ransoms and even extortion attempts, 2017 has been the year of data breaches, and it’s not even over yet.
- By Ankur Laroia
- Nov 24, 2017
Kaspersky Lab’s review of phishing attacks during the holiday sales season found that the number of phishing attacks can decrease by as much as 33 percent on the day after Black Friday.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 20, 2017
Amazon has addressed the hack and will be rolling out an update next week.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 17, 2017
The Trump Administration released a new 14-page charter Wednesday detailing the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP), which the federal government uses to determine if, how and when it tells private companies about zero-day security flaws.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 17, 2017
The goal of the new security module, Google said, is to prevent attackers from decrypting your data without knowing your password by reinforcing the lock screen against attacks.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 16, 2017
Connected toys may excite kids, but parents need to be wary.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 16, 2017
Days after the iPhone X’s official release, hackers in Vietnam have successfully tricked Face ID and unlocked the smartphone with a 3-D-printed mask.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 15, 2017