Security News > 2016 > September

Threatpost News Wrap, September 2, 2016 (Threatpost)
2016-09-02 13:00

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the MedSec/Muddy Waters story, how the Angler EK was traced back to the Lurk Gang, Fairware hitting Linux servers,...

New Ursnif Variant Shows Developers Are Careless (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-02 12:25

How a security researcher is tackling IoT security testing (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 12:20

“A common misconception people in the industry have regarding my work as a security researcher is that I am sharing information that puts businesses at risk. And also, that I spend all day...

Mobile ransomware increases 200 percent (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 12:15

There’s been a startling 200 percent increase in mobile ransomware detection in Q2, according to Quick Heal. This amounts to nearly 50 percent of the ransomware detected in all four quarters of...

What is access governance? A brief deep dive (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 12:00

Access governance is the evolution, the next great step if you will, in the identity and access management world. Access governance is a more robust, holistic approach to managing user access,...

This data-stealing Trojan malware is the first to also infect you with ransomware (ZDNet)
2016-09-02 11:55

Betabot steals passwords, downloads ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 11:45

The infamous and ever-changing Betabot information-stealing Trojan is back again, and has been observed downloading another well-known threat – the Cerber ransomware. Of course, before doing that,...

Programmer arrested for hacking Linux Kernel Organization (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 11:00

A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida yesterday after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers operated by the Linux...

Reporting Medical Device Security Issues the Right Way (InfoRiskToday)
2016-09-02 09:40

Hacker Guccifer sentenced to 52 months in prison (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 09:10

Romanian hacker Guccifer, i.e Marcel Lehel Lazar, who unlawfully accessed the private online accounts of at least 100 Americans and caused the public release of this information on the Internet,...