Security News > 2017 > July

Adobe is Finally Killing FLASH — At the End of 2020! (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 00:25

Finally, Adobe is Killing FLASH — the software that helped make the Internet a better place with slick graphics, animation, games and applications and bring online video to the masses, but it has...

Sweden Rattled by Massive Confidential Data Leak (Security Week)
2017-07-25 22:49

Sweden's minority government was battling to contain the fallout Monday after a massive leak that may have made confidential military information accessible abroad, as well as the private data of...

HHS Makes Changes to 'Wall of Shame' Breach Reporting Site (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-25 20:48

Health Data Breaches Separately Listed as 'Resolved' or 'Under Investigation'HHS has made changes to a website widely referred to as the "wall of shame" that lists major health data breaches. The...

6+ billion records exposed in data breaches in first half of 2017 (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 20:19

There have been 2,227 publicly disclosed data compromise events since the beginning of the year through June 30th, according to Risk Based Security. While this is in keeping with the number of...

Would Talking to Russians About Cyber Reward Bad Behavior? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-25 20:18

In an in-depth interview, two security experts go head-to-head over the appropriateness of the White House engaging the Kremlin on cybersecurity matters in light of Russia's hacking of the 2016...

MacOS malware used to spy on home users in the US (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 18:42

A new variant of the macOS malware Fruitfly has been found by security researcher Patrick Wardle on some 400 machines of (mostly) home users located in the US. Fruitfly: The first variant The...

Academia’s Role in Security Skills Gap Examined (Threatpost)
2017-07-25 17:00

At Black Hat, two RIT professors are expected to deliver a talk about the professional skills gap in security and how academic programs are falling short.

Google Groups misconfiguration leads to sensitive data leaks (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 16:56

If your employees are using Google Groups to discuss issues and ideas, you might want to check whether the sharing setting for these groups is set to “Private”. According to RedLock researchers,...

Adobe to Kill Flash Player, End Support by 2020 (Security Week)
2017-07-25 16:43

[Breaking] Adobe on Tuesday said that it would kill its Adobe Flash Player and stop providing security updates by the end of 2020. read more

IBM Launches Security Testing Services For Cars, IoT (Security Week)
2017-07-25 16:30

IBM Security announced on Monday that the services provided by its X-Force Red penetration testing group have been expanded to include connected vehicles and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. read more