Security News > 2017 > August

Hackers Threaten 'Game of Thrones' Episode Leaks (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-01 14:18

HBO Confirms Breach as Attackers Leak Programming and Personal InformationHackers have struck Hollywood again, claiming HBO as their latest victim. So far, some unaired programming has been leaked...

Pharmaceutical Giant Still Feeling NotPetya’s Sting (Threatpost)
2017-08-01 14:14

Pharmaceutical kingpin Merck reported that operational disruptions continue more than a month after the NotPetya wiper malware attacks.

HBO hacked, attackers leak GoT script and some episodes (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 13:13

HBO has become hackers’ latest entertainment industry target: attackers have breached the company’s servers, and they claim to have syphoned from them 1.5 terabytes of data. The extent of the...

Malware Attack Disrupts Merck's Worldwide Operations (Security Week)
2017-08-01 12:33

American pharmaceutical giant Merck revealed in its financial results announcement for the second quarter of 2017 that a recent cyberattack has disrupted its worldwide operations, including...

Amazon Echo Could Become an Attacker's Listening Device (Security Week)
2017-08-01 12:32

The Amazon Echo is an always-listening device designed to play music, answer questions via the Alexa voice service, and control connected home devices such as WeMo, Hive and Nest. Now researchers...

Large corporations increasingly considering blockchain deployment (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 12:30

57% of large corporations are either actively considering, or are in the process of, deploying blockchain technology, according to Juniper Research. Almost 400 company founders, executives,...

Copyfish Browser Extension Hijacked to Spew Spam (Threatpost)
2017-08-01 12:00

Makers of Copyfish OCR software get taken on wild ride after code for its Chrome extension is stolen.

Digital transformation and IoT to drive investment in IT operations management (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 12:00

The growth of digital business and the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to drive large investment in IT operations management (ITOM) through 2020, according to Gartner. A primary driver for...

Threat Modeling the Internet of Things: Part 3 - A Real World Example (Security Week)
2017-08-01 11:18

One of the most bizarre beginnings in movie history involved a young Paul Newman decapitating a streetful of Duncan Model 50 parking meters in the existential-hero classic, “Cool Hand Luke.” Those...

NSA Collects MS Windows Error Information (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-01 11:00

Back in 2013, Der Spiegel reported that the NSA intercepts and collects Windows bug reports: One example of the sheer creativity with which the TAO spies approach their work can be seen in a...