Security News > 2017 > June
According to a lawsuit (main article behind paywall), "a Miami-based food vendor and its supplier have been misrepresenting their squid as octopus in an effort to boost profits."...
Who Are the Victims? And Why Aren't There More?Like in the recent WannaCry attacks, the U.S. healthcare sector has so far mostly avoided becoming a victim of NotPetya, the malware menacing many...
It is to be hoped that after the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks, companies will finally make sure to install – on all their systems – the Windows update that patches SMB vulnerabilities leveraged...
In the wake of global malicious attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya, Microsoft this week announced a new feature meant to keep users’ data safe from ransomware and other type of malware. read more
The 16th Workshop on Economics and Information Security was this week. Ross Anderson liveblogged the talks....
Use of Outdated Operating Systems Remains Widespread, Says ESET's Mark JamesAs the WannaCry outbreak demonstrated, many organizations run outdated operating systems. Too often when systems - and...
Todd Carroll of Chicago FBI on Importance of Collaboration to Deter AttacksAs nation-state directed cybercrime increases, the FBI is bringing counter-intelligence expertise to bear in its...
Siemens patched a recently disclosed vulnerability pertaining to systems with specific Intel processors. If exploited, the flaw could let an attacker gain system privileges.
Pressured by European governments, Facebook, Twitter and Google are trying to tackle the extremist propaganda and recruitment on their social networks and sites. It’s an endeavour for which the...
A thorough review of the top 1 million websites reveals 93 percent fail Mozilla’s Observatory security review.