Security News > 2017 > October

How attackers can take advantage of encrypted tunnels
2017-10-02 13:30

Many organizations are not actively examining the encrypted traffic in their network. According to a Venafi survey, roughly a quarter (23%) of security professionals don’t know how much of their...

How US and UK companies address GDPR data protection requirements
2017-10-02 13:00

Data privacy is becoming more complex, companies are equally unprepared in both the UK and US to comply with GDPR by the May 2018 deadline, and US companies are investing more in both privacy...

Gartner reveals the 2017 Hype Cycle for Data Management
2017-10-02 12:30

As data becomes ever more distributed across multiple systems, organizations have to cope with increasingly complex ecosystems and digital business requirements. Hype Cycle for Data Management The...

FBI Can Keep Details of iPhone Hack Secret: Judge
2017-10-02 11:55

A federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is not obligated to disclose the details of a hacking tool used to access data stored on an iPhone belonging to...

Remote Malware Attacks on ATMs
2017-10-02 10:38

This report discusses the new trend of remote malware attacks against ATMs....

Netgear Patches Over 50 Flaws in Routers, Switches, NAS Devices
2017-10-02 09:36

Netgear published more than 50 security advisories in the past two weeks to inform customers about the availability of patches for vulnerabilities affecting many of the company’s routers,...

Judge: FBI Doesn't Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist
2017-10-02 02:38

Remember the infamous encryption fight between the FBI and Apple for unlocking an iPhone belonging to terrorist Syed Farook behind the San Bernardino 2015 mass shooting that killed 14 people? The...

Week in review: Deloitte hack, insecure Mac firmware, new issue of (IN)SECURE
2017-10-02 00:35

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: XPCTRA financial malware leaves no stone unturned A Trojan that has previously been only stealing users’ banking...