Security News > 2017 > June

US Contractor Arrested in Leak of NSA Top-Secret File (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-06 13:33

Document Describes Suspected Election Meddling by Russia's Intelligence AgencyA 25-year-old federal contractor has been arrested and charged with leaking a top-secret NSA document that describes...

Stealthy DDoS attacks distract from more destructive security threats (Help Net Security)
2017-06-06 13:30

The greatest DDoS risk for organisations is the barrage of short, low volume attacks which mask more serious network intrusions. Despite several headline-dominating, high-volume DDoS attacks over...

Router LEDs Allow Data Theft From Air-Gapped Computers (Security Week)
2017-06-06 13:13

The status LEDs present on networking equipment such as routers and switches can be abused to exfiltrate sensitive data from air-gapped systems at relatively high bit rates, researchers have...

Moving towards compliance: GDPR issues and challenges (Help Net Security)
2017-06-06 13:00

In this podcast, Mike McCandless, VP of Sales and Marketing for Apricorn, and Jon Fielding, Managing Director for Apricorn EMEA, discuss the European Union General Data Protection Regulation,...

iStorage introduces ultra-secure hard drives (Help Net Security)
2017-06-06 12:30

iStorage launched of their new range of USB 3.1 HDDs and SSDs, consisting of the diskAshur, diskAshur SSD, diskAshur PRO, diskAshur PRO SSD and the diskAshur DT – all of which are designed,...

Kremlin 'Resolutely' Denies Russia Hacked US Vote (Security Week)
2017-06-06 12:18

The Kremlin on Tuesday strongly denied a leaked US report that Russian military intelligence hackers tried to infiltrate into US voting systems before last year's presidential election. read more

Russian Outsourcing Provides Plausible Deniability for State-Sponsored Hacking (Security Week)
2017-06-06 12:07

Last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin apparently conceded that patriotic Russian hackers may have been involved in the DNC hacks last year. "If they are patriotically minded, they start...

Endpoint Protector 5: Responsive interface and updated eDiscovery module (Help Net Security)
2017-06-06 12:00

CoSoSys released Endpoint Protector 5 with updates on the management console which has been redesigned for a modern, user-friendly and responsive experience. “Endpoint Protector’s content scanning...

1.92 Seconds, On Repeatability (Security Week)
2017-06-06 11:51

The Williams Grand Prix Engineering team currently owns the record for the fastest pit stop in Formula One at 1.92 seconds. Think about that. In the time it takes you to blink twice, a car pulls...

Centrify Identity Platform now secures Mac endpoints (Help Net Security)
2017-06-06 11:30

Centrify announced enhancements to the Centrify Identity Platform that deliver local administrator password management for Macs and Mac application management and software distribution via turnkey...