Security News > 2017 > January

IBM's X-Force security team discovers a high-risk vulnerability in the Android platform opening phones up to DoS and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including on this week's U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Service hearing, the Burlington Electric 'Hack', FireCrypt, and Security Without Borders.

Good article debunking the myth that requiring people to use their real names on the Internet makes them behave better....

Fortress Cyber Security launches Fortress UTM Fortress UTM provides intrusion detection and prevention, firewall and anti-virus for all Wi-Fi and IoT/Ethernet attached systems, including smart...

According to a new report on the ransomware protection market by MarketsandMarkets, the market size is expected to grow from $8.16 billion in 2016 to $17.36 billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual...

Security experts are warning of an active phishing campaign that utilizes PDF attachments in a novel ploy to harvest email credentials from victims.

The FTC alleged Thursday that D-Link neglected to adequately secure its wireless routers and IP cameras, putting its consumers at risk.

Open MongoDB databases are being targeted by criminals who are deleting the contents and asking for a ransom.

The U.S. intelligence committee is expected to publish an unclassified report on Russia's involvement with influencing the presidential election.

In addition to encrypting files, a new strain of ransomware, FireCrypt, also attempts to carry out a weak DDoS attack.