Security News > 2017 > August

Where does corporate cloud security responsibility begin and service provider responsibility end? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-08 15:00

Security has, is and will continue to be the cornerstone of advancement in the digital age. Conditions of trust, real or expected, are essential for digital economies to grow and prosper. As more...

Microsoft to Ban WoSign, StartCom Certificates (Security Week)
2017-08-08 14:58

Windows Will Not Trust New Certificates Issued by WoSign and StartCom After September 2017 Microsoft has finally announced its decision in the case of Chinese certificate authority (CA) WoSign and...

Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-08 14:35

Interesting story about Uber drivers who have figured out how to game the company's algorithms to cause surge pricing: According to the study. drivers manipulate Uber's algorithm by logging out of...

FireEye's Post Mortem: Analyst Didn't Change Passwords (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-08 14:33

Mandiant Analyst's Personal Credentials Were Scattered All Over the WebIt's a red-faced moment for FireEye. The company says an investigation reveals that an attack against an analyst's personal...

Automating the hunt for cyber attackers (Help Net Security)
2017-08-08 13:30

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Mike Banic, Vice President, Marketing, and Chris Morales, Head of Security Analytics at Vectra Networks, talk about the use of artificial...

Most organizations are not leveraging the benefits of business agility (Help Net Security)
2017-08-08 12:30

Only 12 percent of organizations can claim that their whole organization is on the path to business agility, according to CA Technologies. The survey finds improved business agility is expected to...

Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 25 Critical Vulnerabilities (The Hackers News)
2017-08-08 12:15

Here we are again… As part of its August Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has today released a large batch of 48 security updates for all supported versions Windows systems and other products. This...

Google Patches 10 Critical Bugs in August Android Security Bulletin (Threatpost)
2017-08-08 12:12

Google's August Android Security Bulletin featured patches for nearly a dozen remote code execution bugs impacting Google's Pixel and Nexus handsets.

Smoke Loader Backdoor Gets Anti-Analysis Improvements (Security Week)
2017-08-08 11:51

The infamous Smoke Loader backdoor now has more complex anti-analysis techniques that allow it to remain a potent malware delivery mechanism, PhishLabs security researchers warn. read more