Security News > 2017 > June

OneLogin suffers breach—customer data said to be exposed, decrypted (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-01 12:59

Customer account-only support page warns of "ability to decrypt encrypted data."

OneLogin Password Manager Hacked; Users’ Data Can be Decrypted (The Hackers News)
2017-06-01 12:59

Do you use OneLogin password manager? If yes, then immediately change all your account passwords right now. OneLogin, the cloud-based password management and identity management software company,...

Rising volume of attacks overpowers security teams (Help Net Security)
2017-06-01 12:40

New research from IDC that shows organizations are constantly under attack and struggling to keep up. The research finds most organizations run time-consuming security investigations and often...

Half of US firms don’t have cybersecurity insurance (Help Net Security)
2017-06-01 12:30

A full 50 percent of US firms do not have cybersecurity insurance, despite the fact that 61 percent of US firms expect the volume of cyber breaches to increase in the next year. These findings...

What Romeo and Juliet Can Teach Us About security Market Confusion (Security Week)
2017-06-01 12:25

Recently, I was reminded of the well known quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".  What exactly was I doing that reminded me of...

Shakespeare and Security: What Romeo and Juliet Teach Us About Security Market Confusion (Security Week)
2017-06-01 12:25

Recently, I was reminded of the well known quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".  What exactly was I doing that reminded me of...

Social Security Administration Adopts What NIST is Deprecating (Security Week)
2017-06-01 12:16

As of June 10 2017, users of the Social Security Administration (SSA) website will be required to use two-factor (2FA) authentication to gain access. Potentially, this could affect a vast number...

Canceled: Crowdfunding to Pay Shadow Brokers for Exploits (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-01 12:03

Legal Concerns Cited as Researchers Shutter Effort; Related Debates Still RageTwo researchers who launched a crowdsourced effort to subscribe to the Shadow Brokers' monthly leak of stolen Equation...

Putin: Hackers Are Like Artists, Who Wake Up In A Good Mood & Start Painting (The Hackers News)
2017-06-01 11:44

Just control your laughter, while reading this article. I insist. Talking to international media at the St Petersburg Economic Forum on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of...