Security News > 2017 > June

Akamai Launches New DNS Security Product (Security Week)
2017-06-28 07:37

Content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai announced on Tuesday the launch of a new product designed to protect enterprises against malware, phishing and data exfiltration...

Here's How CIA Malware Tracks Geo-Location of its Targets (The Hackers News)
2017-06-28 06:03

WikiLeaks has just published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, and this time the whistleblowing website has unveiled a classified malware for that tracks geo-location of targeted PCs and...

'Shadow Brokers' Threatens to Unmask A Hacker Who Worked With NSA (The Hackers News)
2017-06-28 01:07

The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked US cyberweapons — which were also abused by the recent ransomware disasters WannaCry and Petya or NotPetya — has now threatened to unmask...

Critical Skype Bug Lets Hackers Remotely Execute Malicious Code (The Hackers News)
2017-06-28 00:17

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft-owned most popular free web messaging and voice calling service Skype that could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code and...

Explosive global attack delivers destructive Petya ransomware (Help Net Security)
2017-06-27 22:52

Less than two months after the disastrous, global WannaCry infestation, a variant of the Petya ransomware dubbed PetrWrap has started hitting companies in Ukraine, Russia and Europe. Initial...

Israeli Spy Agency Creates Fund to Invest in Tech Firms (Security Week)
2017-06-27 20:59

Israel's Mossad spy agency is starting a fund to invest in technology firms creating products that could assist its work, including those involving robotics and encryption, the prime minister's...

Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry (Threatpost)
2017-06-27 20:06

Today's global ransomware attack is spreading via EternalBlue and through local networks using PSEXEC and WMIC.

Google Hit With $2.7 Billion Antitrust Fine (Threatpost)
2017-06-27 19:50

Claiming the company abused its dominance as a search engine to push its shopping service, search giant Google was hit with a hefty $2.7 billion fine this week.

Microsoft bringing EMET back as a built-in part of Windows 10 (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-27 19:47

The built-in exploit mitigations are getting stronger and easier to configure.

Ohio Gov. Kasich’s website, dozens of others defaced using year-old exploit (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-27 19:05

"High risk" exploit patch was issued in May of 2016.