Security News > 2017 > October

Outdated vendor systems leaving finance industry at risk
2017-10-03 13:00

BitSight data scientists found that in most cases, companies in the finance industry supply chain are not meeting the same security standards that finance companies hold for their own...

Google Patches Critical Android Flaws With October 2017 Updates
2017-10-03 12:39

Google this week released its October 2017 Android patches, which address a total of 14 vulnerabilities in the mobile platform, including five rated Critical severity. read more

DJI launches privacy mode for drone operators
2017-10-03 12:30

DJI launched a new Local Data Mode that stops internet traffic to and from its DJI Pilot app, in order to provide enhanced data privacy assurances for sensitive government and enterprise...

The Challenge of Training AI to Detect Unique Threats
2017-10-03 12:22

In a previous column, I discussed how traditional endpoint security fails because it focuses on detecting known bad instances. As evidenced by the rapid rise of email-based attacks, this is a...

E-Mail Tracking
2017-10-03 11:45

Interesting survey paper: on the privacy implications of e-mail tracking: Abstract: We show that the simple act of viewing emails contains privacy pitfalls for the unwary. We assembled a corpus of...

Special Report: Getting Ready for GDPR
2017-10-03 11:33

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report is devoted to a special report on how enterprises around the world should prepare for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which...

The Increasing Effect of Geopolitics on Cybersecurity
2017-10-03 10:57

Cyber Warfare Can be Exerted by Any Nation With an Actual or Perceived Grievance Against Any Other Nation read more

Many Companies Unprepared for DNS Attacks: Survey
2017-10-03 10:33

Many companies are not prepared to deal with DNS attacks, and a quarter of the ones that have already been hit reported significant losses, according to a survey conducted by Dimensional Research...

Scammers Hosted Files on Equifax's Australian Website
2017-10-03 10:33

Security Error Could Have Been Exploited to Phish Data, Distribute MalwareCredit-reporting agency Equifax's Australian website played host to scammers promoting pirated videos, live streams and...

Equifax Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Breach
2017-10-03 08:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" led to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...