Security News > 2017 > June

With ransomware, pay up if you want to keep paying (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 13:30

A hospital CEO is contacted in the middle of the night with a dire warning. Hackers have taken control of computer systems used for patient care, CT scans, and lab work. The hacker wants money....

Australia Pushes 'Five Eyes' for Tools to Counter Encryption (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 13:18

But Australia Doesn't Want Backdoors. So What Does It Want?Worried about the use of encryption by terrorists, Australia plans to lobby its key signal intelligence partners at a meeting in Canada...

Phishing: The Speed of Attack (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 13:18

Midway through 2017, phishing attacks are very much on the rise, namely because they are too easy to launch and far too lucrative for the attackers, says Brooke Satti Charles of IBM Security Trusteer.

Qualys Customer is Now the CISO (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 13:18

Mark Butler on Helping to Spread the Word on Vulnerability ManagementA former Qualys customer for more than a decade, Mark Butler is now the company's CISO. And one of his jobs is to help spread...

Most businesses will not put off cloud adoption because of security concerns (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 13:00

Businesses are pressing ahead with their digital transformation plans, despite fears of being hit by a cyber attack or data protection regulations. This is according to a new independent research...

New EU Privacy Laws Will Complicate B2B Data Sharing (Threatpost)
2017-06-26 13:00

Exploring the legality of the international business-to-business sharing of IP addresses within the cyber threat intelligence community.

Corvil Integrates its Security Analytics Into Cisco's Tetration Platform (Security Week)
2017-06-26 12:48

At Cisco Live, Las Vegas Monday, IT analytics firm Corvil announced the integration of its Security Analytics with the Cisco Tetration Analytics platform. The intention is to combine Corvil's...

Crowdsourced security testing and bug bounties (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 12:30

In the past few years, the bug bounty economy has been growing steadily, with more organizations getting on board every day. In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge, talks about...

British Parliament Targeted by Brute-Force Email Hackers (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 12:18

Poor Password Security Blamed Following Compromise of Up to 90 AccountsMembers of Parliament in Britain have had their remote email access suspended following an apparent brute-force hack attempt...