Security News > 2017 > June
FireEye said threat actors are using the NSA's EternalBlue exploit of the same Microsoft SMBv1 vulnerability as WannaCry to spread Nitol and Gh0st RAT.
Recent malware-induced Active Directory (AD) lockouts impacting numerous organizations appear to have been caused by the Qbot banking malware, IBM security researchers warn. read more
Security Leader Chris Pierson on Shifting Focus from InfiltrationToday's cybersecurity industry is far too focused on keeping bad guys out, says Chris Pierson of Viewpost. Organizations need to...
Rapid7 warned this week that its Nexpose appliances were shipped with a SSH configuration that could have let obsolete algorithms be used for key exchange.
Hadoop servers that are not securely configured expose vast amounts of data, according to an analysis conducted using the Internet search engine Shodan. read more
CA's Chip Mason on the Risks of Neglecting Those Legacy Data ProcessorsBy some estimates, 70 percent of enterprise data still resides on the mainframe. That means mainframe security needs to be a...
US consular officials have been provided with a new questionnaire that they can give selected visa applicants to complete. Among other things, Form DS-5535 requires applicants to share all social...
When it Comes to Finding Fraudsters, You Must Keep Your Head Above the Clouds. read more
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the ShadowBrokers crowdfunding attempt, errors in WannaCry, a new Wikileaks dump, last week's Samba vulnerability, and the...
CyberWar Games Highlight the Increasing Danger from and to an Interconnected World "The next significant cyber attack will likely involve targeting the connected ecosystem of a major business,...