Security News > 2017 > November

Sophisticated industrial network monitoring without connectivity risks
2017-11-21 12:00

SecurityMatters and Waterfall Security Solutions announced a global partnership to protect industrial control systems from the most advanced cyber threats. The joint solution integrates...

Assessing the ISMG Healthcare Security Summit
2017-11-21 11:03

HealthcareInfoSecurity Executive Editor Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reflects on the just-concluded ISMG Healthcare Security Summit in New York in the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also,...

North Korean Hackers Target Android Users in South
2017-11-21 09:59

At least two cybersecurity firms have noticed that the notorious Lazarus threat group, which many experts have linked to North Korea, has been using a new piece of Android malware to target...

Google Collects Android Location Data Even When Location Service Is Disabled
2017-11-21 06:40

Do you own an Android smartphone? If yes, then you are one of those billions of users whose smartphone is secretly gathering location data and sending it back to Google. Google has been caught...

Critical Flaws in Intel Processors Leave Millions of PCs Vulnerable
2017-11-21 03:33

In past few months, several research groups have uncovered vulnerabilities in the Intel remote administration feature known as the Management Engine (ME) which could allow remote attackers to gain...

Tether Hacked — Attacker Steals $31 Million of Digital Tokens
2017-11-21 03:10

Again some bad news for cryptocurrency users. Tether, a Santa Monica-based start-up that provides a dollar-backed cryptocurrency tokens, has claimed that its systems have been hacked by an...

$1 Billion Lawsuit Focuses on EHR Data Integrity Concerns
2017-11-20 23:03

Suit Against eClinicalWorks Alleges Millions Potentially Harmed by Use of SoftwareSome legal experts say a nearly $1 billion class action lawsuit filed against electronic health records vendor...

US-CERT Warns of ASLR Implementation Flaw In Windows
2017-11-20 22:30

US-CERT is warning of a vulnerability in Microsoft’s implementation of Address Space Layout Randomization that affects Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Strength in Numbers; A Look Inside the Mind of a Hacker
2017-11-20 22:03

Bugcrowd pioneers and innovates crowdsourced security testing, striving for the ultimate in security assessments for the enterprise. Bugcrowd combines the power of more than 65,000 security...

Sites using session replay scripts leak sensitive user data
2017-11-20 21:36

When we enter sensitive information – our names, passwords, payment card information, medical information, what have you – into websites, we do it with the expectation that it will be kept...