Security News > 2017 > August
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday alleges that the popular free Virtual Private Network (VPN) service Hotspot Shield collects a large amount of data and...
Microsoft is warning of a wave of phishing campaigns pushing tech support scams via malicious links to phony Amazon, Alibaba and LinkedIn web pages.
Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more than ever before: a new variant of Cerber has been modified to steal Bitcoin wallets and passwords before encrypting victims’ files and demanding...
Take a cursory look at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) wall of data breach shame and you might be scratching your head: Why does the healthcare sector seem so...
In July 2017, global spam rate reached the highest level registered since March 2015, fueled by the emergence of malware families attempting to self-spread via email, according to Symantec. read more
Marcus Hutchins Pleads Not Guilty to Charges Related to Kronos MalwareCybersecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges relating to creating and selling...
User and Entity Behavioral Analytics (UEBA) has evolved quite a bit over the past several years. It started as just User Behavioral Analytics, which focused on catching malicious insider threats...
Energy management and automation giant Schneider Electric has teamed up with industrial cybersecurity startup Claroty to offer its customers solutions for protecting industrial control systems...
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Mark Butler, CISO at Qualys, talks about his role, streamlining security and compliance solutions, building security into digital transformation...
Pull Batteries Out and Uninstall Apps, Army SaysThe U.S. Army will immediately stop using drones made by the world's largest manufacturer, DJI of China, and has ordered that batteries and storage...