Security News > 2017 > August

Phishing — is an older style of cyber-attack but remains one of the most common and efficient attack vectors for attackers, as a majority of banking malware and various ransomware attacks begin...

Security updates released last week by the developers of the open source object-relational database management system PostgreSQL address three vulnerabilities and more than 50 bugs reported in the...

The Chinese market is no doubt a pot of gold for big technology giants with over 700 million internet users, but the Chinese government heavily controls the Internet within its borders through its...

One of the most devastating aspects of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack was its self-propagating capability exploiting a vulnerability in the file access protocol, SMB v1. Most enterprises...

Google has announced the rollout of new anti-phishing checks for the iOS Gmail app: in less than two weeks, all users will be confronted with two warnings if they attempt to follow a suspicious...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more...

A growing number of enterprises are showing their interest in blockchains, but the underlying software fails to meet key enterprise requirements like performance, confidentiality, governance, and...

Researchers believe attacks against wi-fi systems in hotels across Europe and the Middle East track back to Russian-speaking hackers known as APT28.

Hackers who recently hacked into HBO network and stole scripts, shows, and employee information documents, have now provided an email in which the United States cable channel offered them...

Details on how a squid's eye corrects for underwater distortion: Spherical lenses, like the squids', usually can't focus the incoming light to one point as it passes through the curved surface,...