Security News > 2017 > August

Mozilla sets up private, encrypted file sharing service for large files (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 18:10

Mozilla has launched an online service for private sharing of encrypted files between two users. It’s called Send, and it’s meant to ensure users’ shared files do not remain online forever....

IoT Security: Where There is Smoke, There is Fire (Security Week)
2017-08-04 18:00

We have collectively heard the saying, “where there is smoke, there is fire” throughout our lives. And, sure enough, it is true far more often than it is false. I have been seeing a lot of smoke...

Admitted Russian Botnet Herder Receives 4-Year US Sentence (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-04 17:17

Russian National Maxim Senakh Was Extradited From Finland to Face US ChargesMaxim Senakh, who was extradited from Finland to the United States to face charges related to Ebury botnet attacks, has...

Arrest Shines Light on Shadowy Community of Good, Bad Hackers (Security Week)
2017-08-04 16:30

Two months ago, Marcus Hutchins was an "accidental hero," a young computer whiz living with his parents in Britain who found the "kill switch" to the devastating WannaCry ransomware. read more

UK hacker who stopped WannaCry charged with creating and distributing banking Trojan (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 16:23

Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old UK researcher who found the kill-switch domain in the WannaCry ransomware code and registered it, preventing the malware to wreak even more chaos than it did, has...

Tor Developer Busts Myths, Announces New Features (Threatpost)
2017-08-04 16:20

Tor cofounder Roger Dingledine sets the record straight at DEF CON on popular myths, and at the same time teases upcoming features.

Windows 10 Can Detect PowerShell Attacks: Microsoft (Security Week)
2017-08-04 16:19

Windows 10 can detect suspicious PowerShell activities, code injection, and malicious documents, including attacks where a process connects to a web server and starts dropping and launching an...

SMBs Eye Managed Security Solutions: Survey (Security Week)
2017-08-04 16:10

Webroot commissioned Wakefield Research to query 600 SMB IT decision makers in the US, UK and Australia to discover current attitudes towards IT security among companies with less than 500...

Threatpost News Wrap, August 4, 2017 (Threatpost)
2017-08-04 16:00

The news of the week is discussed, including how Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech was arrested in Las Vegas, Alex Stamos' Black Hat keynote, and this week's proposed IoT legislation.

One Million Exposed to Adware via Hijacked Chrome Extension (Security Week)
2017-08-04 15:54

Over one million users were exposed to adware after the developer of a highly popular Chrome extension fell victim to a phishing attack. read more