Security News > 2017 > July

Pre-Installed Software Flaws Expose Dell Systems to Code Execution (Security Week)
2017-07-04 12:57

Flaws in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to attacks that could result in the disabling of security mechanisms, privilege escalation, and arbitrary code execution within the context of...

Personal Details of 117,000 AA Shoppers Exposed (Security Week)
2017-07-04 12:17

The Automobile Association (AA) -- the UK's largest motoring organization with over 15 million members -- is being heavily criticized over its public handling of a major data incident that...

The Ransomware Threat After WannaCry and NotPetya (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 12:03

Ransomware attacks are increasingly using multiple proven techniques to spread quickly and achieve the maximum impact before being thwarted. They are going to get bigger and target other platforms...

DeepMind's Use of NHS Patient Data Contravenes Data Protection Act (Security Week)
2017-07-04 11:59

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ruled today that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust contravened the Data Protection Act when it provided the personal data of 1.6 million...

U.K. Student Charged for Running DDoS Service (Security Week)
2017-07-04 06:42

Jack Chappell, an 18-year-old student from Stockport, UK, has been charged over his alleged role in the operation of a service used by cybercriminals to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...

China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger (The Hackers News)
2017-07-04 02:59

Online Privacy has been one of the biggest challenges in today's interconnected world, as the governments across the world have been found censoring the Internet, stealing information and...

Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library (The Hackers News)
2017-07-04 00:32

Security boffins have discovered a critical vulnerability in a GnuPG cryptographic library that allowed the researchers to completely break RSA-1024 and successfully extract the secret RSA key to...

How High-Tech Bridge uses machine learning (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 21:35

In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge, talks about the difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning, and illustrates how his company uses machine learning to...

Analysis: Top Health Data Breaches So Far in 2017 (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-03 19:18

Federal Tally Shows Continued Uptick in Hacking IncidentsWith the exception of one large theft incident involving an insider, hacker attacks - including some involving ransomware - continue to be...

Researchers Find BlackEnergy APT Links in ExPetr Code (Threatpost)
2017-07-03 18:31

Researchers have found links between the BlackEnergy APT group and threat actors behind the ExPetr malware used in last month’s global attacks.