Security News > 2017 > August

Exploited Windows Flaws Affect Siemens Medical Imaging Products (Security Week)
2017-08-04 15:23

Siemens has informed customers that some of its molecular imaging products are exposed to remote attacks due to vulnerabilities affecting Windows and other third-party components. read more

South Korea Spy Agency Admits Attempting to Rig Election (Security Week)
2017-08-04 15:03

South Korea's spy agency has admitted that it had engaged in a far-reaching attempt to manipulate voters as it sought to help conservatives win parliamentary and presidential elections. read more

How to select a suitable incident response program for your organization (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 13:22

All organizations, regardless of how well they think their walls are fortified, will at some point fall victim to an attack. How they respond to the attack could mean the difference between...

Identity-in-depth and the evolution of defense (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 13:15

We’ve seen it over and over again: the parade of companies and government agencies announcing the impact of their latest breach. These players have something in common that you might not realize –...

New infosec products of the week​: August 4, 2017 (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 12:55

New Forcepoint CASB behavior analytics help security teams reduce time to action Forcepoint fortified its cloud security portfolio to empower security teams with new behavior-driven controls that...

Microsoft Makes Third Attempt at Fixing Old Stuxnet Flaw (Security Week)
2017-08-04 12:39

One of the patches released by Microsoft as part of its June 2017 security updates represents the company’s third attempt at patching an old vulnerability exploited by the notorious Stuxnet worm...

FBI Arrests Marcus Hutchins, Who Stopped WannaCry (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-04 12:18

Hutchins, aka "MalwareTech," Accused of Creating Kronos Banking MalwareBritish national Marcus Hutchins, aka "MalwareTech," has been arrested by the FBI on charges relating to the distribution of...

Penetrating a Casino's Network through an Internet-Connected Fish Tank (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-04 11:22

Attackers used a vulnerability in an Internet-connected fish tank to successfully penetrate a casino's network. BoingBoing post....

Russian Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Ebury Botnet Attacks (Security Week)
2017-08-04 10:56

A 41-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced to 46 months in prison by a court in the U.S. state of Minnesota for his role in a cybercrime scheme involving a botnet powered by the Linux...

Hackers Can Use Git Repos for Stealthy Attack on Developers (Security Week)
2017-08-04 08:48

Malicious actors can abuse GitHub and other services that host Git repositories for stealthy attacks aimed at software developers, experts showed recently at the Black Hat security conference in...