Security News > 2017 > June

DevOps, Virtualization and the Case for Containers (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 18:33

Tenable's Gavin Millard on Containers and the Need for Security VisibilityWhen asked, "What's your container strategy?" the majority of CISOs will respond by asking: "What's a container?" So says...

Google Stops Scanning Gmail Content for Ad Targeting (Security Week)
2017-06-26 18:17

Google on Friday announced plans to stop scanning the content of consumer Gmail addresses for personalizing the ads it serves to users. read more

Another RCE Vulnerability Patched in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (Threatpost)
2017-06-26 17:54

Google Project Zero’s Tavis Ormandy found another remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, the third since early May.

Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware (Threatpost)
2017-06-26 17:49

Mobile ransomware attacks spike in the first quarter of 2017, growing three and a half times compared to the previous year.

Separating the Paranoid from the Hacked (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-26 17:30

Sad story of someone whose computer became owned by a griefer: The trouble began last year when he noticed strange things happening: files went missing from his computer; his Facebook picture was...

Ex-technician convicted of (possibly drunken) attack on smart water meter system (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-26 17:05

Sentenced to a year in prison for disabling networks, he changed a password to "f***you."

Parliament Pwnage: Talk Weak Passwords, Not 'Cyberattack' (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 17:03

Poor Passwords Remain a Gift to AttackersOpportunistic attackers may have breached some Parliament email accounts by brute-force guessing their way into accounts with weak passwords. But such a...

Anthem Agrees to Settle 2015 Data Breach for $115 Million (Threatpost)
2017-06-26 16:30

Anthem agreed late Friday to pay $115 million to settle U.S. lawsuits around a data breach that hit the company in 2015.

German law enforcement gets new hacking powers (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 15:34

On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called “federal Trojans” to hack...

Windows 10 Source Code Leaked Online (Security Week)
2017-06-26 13:51

A portion of Microsoft’s Windows 10 source code was leaked online this week on an enthusiast website that tracks Windows releases. The source code, which Microsoft already confirmed to be from the...