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ISO Rejects NSA Encryption Algorithms
2017-09-21 10:50

The ISO has decided not to approve two NSA-designed block encryption algorithms: Speck and Simon. It's because the NSA is not trusted to put security ahead of surveillance: A number of them voiced...

Equifax Sent Breach Victims to Fake Website
2017-09-21 09:53

Equifax has made another blunder following the massive data breach suffered by the company – it advised some customers on Twitter to access a fake support website set up by a security researcher. read more

SEC Says It Was Hacked in 2016
2017-09-21 09:45

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said late Wednesday that it was the victim of a cyber-attack in 2016 that may have allowed hackers to profit through trading on...

ISPs May Be Helping Hackers to Infect you with FinFisher Spyware
2017-09-21 08:43

Are you sure the version of WhatsApp, or Skype, or VLC Player installed on your system is legitimate? Security researchers have discovered that legitimate downloads of several popular applications...

SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year
2017-09-21 03:43

This month has been full of breaches. Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the top U.S. markets regulator, has disclosed that hackers managed to hack into its financial document...

CCleaner Malware Infects Big Tech Companies With Second Backdoor
2017-09-21 01:31

The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner's download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international...

Microsoft: Windows getting more stable, faster, and lasting longer on battery
2017-09-21 00:26

Even as Windows 10 users grow, support calls are declining.

The Need for Security Orchestration
2017-09-20 21:33

Trend Micro's Craig Gibson on How Best to Leverage Top Security ResourcesCraig Gibson of Trend Micro has spent more than a decade researching the topic of security orchestration. He offers...

HHS Incident Response Will Be Scrutinized
2017-09-20 20:33

Watchdog Agency Also to Examine Obamacare Security ControlsA federal watchdog agency has announced it will scrutinize HHS's incident response capabilities as well as Obamacare's security controls....

Threat Intelligence and the Power of Attribution
2017-09-20 20:32

Arbor's Paul Bowen on Where Organizations Miss the Mark with Threat IntelMost organizations are good at collecting threat intelligence, but they struggle to operationalize it - and especially to...