Security News > 2017 > September

Is this the year SIEM goes over the cliff?
2017-09-28 15:45

While this may not be the year that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions fall off of the cliff of relevancy into obsolete software land, they are slowly moving closer to the...

Windows Defender Bypass Tricks OS into Running Malicious Code
2017-09-28 14:36

Researchers at CyberArk have devised a Windows Defender bypass that tricks the operating system into executing malicious code while Defender scans a benign file.

"Illusion Gap" Attack Bypasses Windows Defender
2017-09-28 14:06

Windows Defender detection can be bypassed by tricking the antivirus application into scanning a different file or nothing at all, CyberArk Labs reveals. read more

(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 55 released
2017-09-28 14:00

(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 55 has been released today. Table of contents Building a successful...

Thousands of Malware Variants Found on Industrial Systems: Kaspersky
2017-09-28 13:44

Kaspersky said it had detected roughly 18,000 malware samples belonging to more than 2,500 families on industrial control systems (ICS) in the first half of 2017. read more

FIN7 Hackers Use LNK Embedded Objects in Fileless Attacks
2017-09-28 13:14

The infamous FIN7 hacking group has been distributing malware through a LNK file embedded in a Word document via the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology, Cisco Talos security researchers...

Only 45% of organizations have a structured plan for GDPR compliance
2017-09-28 13:00

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect in 2018, making organizations accountable for personal data protection including how and where data is stored and how it is...

GDPR - Not Just a European Concern
2017-09-28 12:52

The recent Equifax breach that has been all over the news raises an interesting question: How would the situation have played out if it was after May 25, 2018 when the new General Data Protection...

Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens
2017-09-28 12:43

New rules give the DHS permission to collect "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" as part of people's immigration file. The Federal Register has...

Third-Party Risks a Rising Cyber Threat, Research Shows
2017-09-28 12:28

Third-party risk and understanding that risk continues to grow; but mitigation of the risk is, if anything, getting worse. This can be seen in two separate studies published this week by Ponemon...