Security News > 2017 > November

Today, data breaches have impacted just about every industry possible. From entertainment to the restaurant industry, no sector or organization appears to be safe, and it has been predicted that...

Hundreds of mobile applications that use the Twilio SDK or REST API include hardcoded credentials that could be abused to access millions of calls and text messages, researchers warned on...

Microsoft published guidance for Windows admins on how to safely disable Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields in Office that are being used to spread malware in email-based attacks.

Life sciences and healthcare companies will follow the lead of other industries and integrate connected technologies including Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligent scanners across their...

Security practitioners must do a much better job of prioritizing their investments based on the most significant risks their organizations face, says Zulfikar Ramzan, chief technology officer at...

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conducted a survey that gauges the perceived risks among privacy professionals of not complying with various aspects of the General...

In Frost & Sullivan’s recent survey covering end-user perspectives on navigating digital transformation, 54 per cent of IT professionals cited cybercrime and espionage as their top challenges,...

Several recent cyber attacks have successfully targeted organizations that should be poster children for security hygiene. Why are even the most security-conscious organizations being compromised,...

This is a pilot project in Australia: Individuals who have shared intimate, nude or sexual images with partners and are worried that the partner (or ex-partner) might distribute them without their...

Mass Shooting Tragedy Sparks Fresh Encryption DebateThe FBI is still working to unlock the mobile phone of Devin P. Kelley after he shot and killed 26 people in a church in a rural Texas town. The...