Security News > 2017 > August

Gartner's Litan on Why Attribution Matters (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-03 17:48

Gartner's Avivah Litan, a featured speaker at ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in New York on Aug. 8, says hacker attribution is taking on new importance, as traditional methods of...

Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 17:32

Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads onto users. The...

Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 16:17

Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that the Zscaler cloud saw...

Cylance Launches Next-Gen Endpoint Security for Consumers (Security Week)
2017-08-03 16:08

CylancePROTECT Home Edition Will Allow Businesses to Offer Protection to Employee-Owned Devices at Home read more

After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-03 15:45

Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users.

Managing Security and Network Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions (Security Week)
2017-08-03 13:59

M&A Madness: Five Tips for Reconciling Your Data Security Posture When Going Through an Acquisition or Merger read more

Cisco Patches Serious Flaws in ISE, VDS TV Products (Security Week)
2017-08-03 13:58

Cisco on Wednesday published more than a dozen security advisories describing vulnerabilities in various products. Two of the flaws affecting Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television (VDS TV)...

Spanish Court Approves Suspected Hacker's Extradition (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-03 12:48

Russian Citizen Arrested in Barcelona While On His HoneymoonSpain has approved a U.S. extradition request for Russian national Stanislav Lisov, who's been charged with helping to organize and...

'Dumbo' Tool Helps CIA Agents Disable Security Cameras (Security Week)
2017-08-03 12:20

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has developed a tool that disables security cameras and corrupts recordings in an effort to prevent its agents from getting compromised, according to...

G Suite Admins Can Now Manage SAML Certificates (Security Week)
2017-08-03 12:02

Google on Wednesday announced that G Suite administrators are now able to directly manage X.509 certificates associated with their Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) applications. read more