Security News > 2016 > September

DDOS for Profit (Schneier on Security)
2016-09-09 14:12

Brian Krebs reports that the Israeli DDOS service vDOS has earned $600K in the past two years. The information was obtained from a hack and data dump of the company's information....

Two arrested for allegedly hacking senior US government officials (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 14:02

Andrew Otto Boggs, aka INCURSIO, and Justin Gray Liverman, aka D3F4ULT, were arrested on charges related to their alleged roles in the computer hacking of several senior US government officials...

Privilege Escalation, DoS Vulnerabilities Patched in Xen (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-09 13:49

Chrome will start labeling some HTTP sites as non-secure (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 13:30

Slowly but relentlessly, Google is pushing website owners to deploy HTTPS – or get left behind. The latest announced push is scheduled for January 2017, when Chrome 56 is set to be released and...

A CISO's First 100 Days (InfoRiskToday)
2016-09-09 13:18

Domain Expertise And AI: Conquering The Next Generation Of Cyber Threats (Forbes)
2016-09-09 13:18

Chrome to Mark HTTP Connections as Non-Secure (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-09 13:18

Are all IoT vulnerabilities easily avoidable? (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 13:15

Every vulnerability or privacy issue reported for consumer connected home and wearable technology products since November 2015 could have been easily avoided, according to the Online Trust...

43.7% of cloud-based malware delivers ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 13:00

According to a new Netskope report, 43.7% of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9% of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are shared publicly....

Fallout Over OPM Breach Report Begins (Threatpost)
2016-09-09 13:00

A report on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management breaches that exposed sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people has sparked a cavalcade of finger pointing, politicking and...