Security News > 2016 > September

The Hyperledger Project is growing like gangbusters (ZDNet)
2016-09-08 15:33

DHS Urges Vigilance in Protecting Networking Gear (Threatpost)
2016-09-08 15:09

A Homeland Security alert warns network operators that the security of routers and firewalls must be revisited in the wake of the ShadowBrokers dump and other attacks on enterprise networking equipment.

DropboxCache Cross-Platform Backdoor Targets OS X (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-08 15:03

Now you can buy the quot;USB killerquot; that destroys anything in its path (ZDNet)
2016-09-08 14:33

Leadership, Not Technology, Blamed for Huge OPM Breach (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-08 14:18

SAPVoice: Snowden Film Drags Data Privacy Back Into The Spotlight (Forbes)
2016-09-08 13:48

NFL Fans Should Exercise Caution When Operating Survivor Pools and Pick'em Contests (Forbes)
2016-09-08 13:48

The evolution of data breach prevention practices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-08 13:45

Despite the potential costs, legal consequences and other negative outcomes of data breaches, they continue to happen. A new SANS Institute survey looks at the preventive aspect of breaches – and...

German Federal Intelligence Service violates laws, dodges supervision (Help Net Security)
2016-09-08 13:30

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has been illegally collecting data through mass surveillance tools, storing it in databases that should not exist, and has repeatedly prevented the...

Top network security and data privacy concerns among businesses (Help Net Security)
2016-09-08 13:15

With network security top of mind, businesses are nearly two times more concerned with losing private data (47 percent) than hackers disrupting their systems (26 percent), according to a new study...