Security News > 2017 > September

The Vice President of the Apache Struts PMC says the attackers likely used an unknown Struts zero day or an earlier announced vulnerability.

A new series of ransomware attacks targeting MongoDB databases has prompted the company to implement new data security measures. read more

D-Link router model 850L has 10 vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to gain remote access and control of device, according to researcher.

An update released last week for the FreeXL library patches a couple of high severity remote code execution vulnerabilities discovered by Marcin Noga, a Polish researcher working for Cisco Talos. read more

Congress Calls for Hearings; Security Watchers Call for CEO's ResignationThe massive Equifax data breach has already led to the filing of at least two lawsuits against the data broker - one...

A data breach, as conventional wisdom goes, can happen to anyone, but how an organization handles the fallout is what shows us if they care about users at all – and Equifax is failing...

IT security professionals believe the effects of cyber attacks on elections go beyond diminishing confidence in the democratic process, according to a Venafi survey of 296 IT security...

Each day, businesses are connecting thousands of devices to the internet. From conference room smart TVs to thermostats, most of these devices were purpose-built to perform a single function...

Most government IT executives believe that IT modernization projects increase security challenges as opposed to alleviate them, according to a new study from Unisys. A large percentage of...

Around half of industry practitioners see the risk of silent cyber exposure – potential cyber-related losses due to silent coverage from insurance policies not specifically designed to cover cyber...