Security News > 2017 > June

New infosec products of the week​: June 30, 2017 (Help Net Security)
2017-06-30 13:30

Protection against the impacts of malware, ransomware and DNS data exfiltration Akamai introduced Enterprise Threat Protector, a solution designed specifically to address the “intelligence gap” in...

Wikileaks Reveals CIA Malware that Hacks Linux Computers (The Hackers News)
2017-06-30 13:03

WikiLeaks has just published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to computers running the Linux operating systems. Dubbed...

Threatpost News Wrap, June 30, 2017 (Threatpost)
2017-06-30 13:00

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss this week's ExPetr global ransomware outbreak, how it was distributed, the wiper aspect, and similarities to 2016's Petya ransomware.

Cisco Warns of Serious Flaws in IOS Software (Security Week)
2017-06-30 11:25

Cisco has warned users that devices running the company’s IOS or IOS XE software are affected by several high severity vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution and...

Good Article About Google's Project Zero (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-30 11:05

Fortune magazine just published a good article about Google's Project Zero, which finds and publishes exploits in other companies' software products. I have mixed feeling about it. The project...

This Retail Website Considers Password Security Optional (Threatpost)
2017-06-30 11:00

The glaring privacy issues tied to an online health and beauty retailer allows customers to log-in to their users accounts with just their email address - no password needed.

Artificial Intelligence: IT Menace or Protector? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-30 10:18

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report leads with an analysis exploring how artificial intelligence can be used by hackers to threaten IT systems and by organizations to defend critical...

Authentication Bypass Flaw Patched in BIND, Knot DNS (Security Week)
2017-06-30 09:39

The developers of the BIND and Knot DNS software have released updates to patch a potentially serious vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass authentication mechanisms. read more

Windows 10 to Get Built-in Protection Against Most Ransomware Attacks (The Hackers News)
2017-06-30 02:39

Ransomware Ransomware Everywhere Not a Single Place to Hide! But, Microsoft has a simple solution to this problem to protect millions of its users against most ransomware attacks. Two massive...