Security News > 2016 > November

Oracle buys Dyn (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 19:59

Oracle today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Dyn, a cloud-based Internet Performance and DNS provider that monitors, controls, and optimizes Internet applications and cloud...

Office 365 Vulnerability Identified Bogus Microsoft.com Email as Valid (Threatpost)
2016-11-21 19:07

An email scam tricked Yandex email recipients into thinking phishing emails were certified legit and from the Microsoft.com domain.

Research: 2016 Netwrix Cloud Security Report (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 18:20

Security and privacy of data and systems in the cloud remains a top worry for 70% of IT professionals worldwide, up from 63% in 2015, according to a new Cloud Security Survey by Netwrix. Even...

Credentials Accessible in Siemens-Branded CCTV Cameras (Threatpost)
2016-11-21 17:10

A firmware update is available for Siemens-branded IP-based CCTV cameras that patches a vulnerability that puts admin credentials at risk.

Nemucod Infections Spreading Locky Over Facebook (Threatpost)
2016-11-21 16:48

Researchers have spotted an increase in Nemucod downloader infections moving via Facebook Messenger spam, with some victims being infected with Locky ransomware.

German Android users bombarded with banking malware masquerading as legitimate apps (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 15:22

Fortinet researcher Kai Lu warns of a fake email app that is capable of stealing login credentials from 15 different mobile banking apps for German banks. “Once this malicious app is installed and...

Malware masquerading as an image spreads via Facebook (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 14:44

Malware spreading via Facebook has become a rare occurrence, but it does still occasionally crop up. The latest instance has been noticed by malware researcher Bart Blaze, and takes the form of...

Ransomware success creates apathy towards traditional antivirus software (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 13:30

In the last 12 months, 48 percent of organizations across the globe have fallen victim to a ransomware campaign, with 80 percent indicating that they’ve suffered from three or more attacks,...

The transformative impact of cloud adoption (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 13:15

Despite the average company using 1,427 cloud services to upload an average of 18.5 TB of data to cloud applications each month, less than 9 percent of cloud providers are taking the strict data...

35% of websites still using insecure SHA-1 certificates (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 13:00

35 percent of the world’s websites are still using insecure SHA-1 certificates, according to Venafi. This is despite the fact that leading browser providers, such as Microsoft, Mozilla and Google,...