Security News > 2017 > August

Who is better prepared for IoT-related attacks, SMEs or large organizations? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-10 13:30

Small and midsized organizations (SMEs) are taking more steps to protect themselves from security risks associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) than large businesses, according to Pwnie...

Ukrainian Video-Blogger Arrested For Spreading Petya (NotPetya) Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 13:29

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware (Petya.A, also known as NotPetya) — the same computer virus that massively hit numerous...

Password Power Rankings: A look at the practices of 40+ popular websites (Help Net Security)
2017-08-10 13:00

Nothing should be more important for these sites and apps than the security of the users who keep them in business. Unfortunately, Dashlane found that that 46% of consumer sites, including...

Experts Who Hacked U.S. Air Force Earned $130,000 (Security Week)
2017-08-10 12:48

Hundreds of bug bounty hunters signed up for the U.S. Department of Defense’s “Hack the Air Force” initiative and they earned more than $130,000 for the vulnerabilities they reported. read more

InfoArmor: Actionable intelligence, comprehensive protection (Help Net Security)
2017-08-10 12:30

The complex and evolving landscape of cybercrime introduces your business to new threats on a daily basis. Protecting your corporate assets against cyber attacks requires a combination of...

Engineering Firm Exposed Electrical Infrastructure Details: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-08-10 11:24

Misconfiguration Issues with systems operated by Texas-based electrical engineering operator Power Quality Engineering (PQE) resulted in the information of various clients being exposed to the...

Free Access to Legal Docs Provided by Flaw in PACER Court System (Security Week)
2017-08-10 06:45

A vulnerability found in the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system operated by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts could have been exploited by hackers to access legal...

Online CISSP Certification Training Course — Learn from Experts (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 05:51

If you dream of making it big in the IT security community, the CISSP certification is a necessary milestone. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is a globally recognised...

CouchPotato: CIA Tool to Remotely Spy On Video Streams in Real-Time (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 04:29

After disclosing CIA's strategies to hijack and manipulate webcams and microphones to corrupt or delete recordings, WikiLeaks has now published another Vault 7 leak, revealing CIA's ability to spy...

Chinese Quantum Satellite Sends First ‘Unhackable’ Data to Earth (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 03:28

In what appears to be the world's first quantum satellite transmission, China has successfully sent an "unbreakable" code over a long distance from an orbiting satellite to the Earth, achieving a...