Security News > 2017 > November
A vulnerability that allows malicious applications to capture screen contents and record audio without a user’s knowledge impacts over 78% of Android devices, researchers claim. read more
Working Together, IT and OT Must Mitigate Risk and Address the Inevitable Mandates that Follow Successful Attacks read more
The board of directors of China-based certificate authority StartCom announced on Friday that it has decided to shut down the company following the decision of major browser vendors to ban its...
Software developers love to reuse code wherever possible, and hackers are no exception. While we often think of different malware strains as separate entities, the reality is that most new malware...
There is little doubt that guns, gates, and guards will be on full alert in Pyeongchang, South Korea as the nation readies itself for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which begin Feb. 9. In concert with...
UK Man Blackmailed Law Firm, Allegedly Hacked Pippa Middleton's iCloud AccountA British man who was initially arrested on suspicion of hacking Pippa Middleton's iCloud account has been sentenced...
With Mike Mimoso leaving Threatpost, it was high time to get many of the people responsible for the site's success throughout the years together for a podcast. Founding editors Ryan Naraine and...
A new survey of more than 300 IT professionals, conducted by Propeller Insights in October 2017, revealed that the state of enterprise cloud infrastructure governance is extremely poor. In spite...
Amazon Key is an IoT door lock that can enable one-time access codes for delivery people. To further secure that system, Amazon sells Cloud Cam, a camera that watches the door to ensure that...
Researchers have found an unprotected database storing 1.8 billion posts collected from social media services, news websites and forums by a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense. read more