Security News > 2017 > November

OPM Contends 'Audit Fatigue' Hampers InfoSec Compliance
2017-11-07 22:03

IG Identifies Significant Deficiencies in Agency's IT Management StructureThe acting director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management cites "audit fatigue" as a factor that explains why the...

Will GDPR Usher in Big Changes for Healthcare Security?
2017-11-07 21:33

CISO Mitchell Parker of Indiana University Health says healthcare organizations that have focused on HIPAA compliance when crafting security and privacy policies need to be making plans to comply...

BEC scammers stealing millions from home buyers
2017-11-07 20:47

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have been on the rise for the last few years, and no industry is safe from these scammers. It has been revealed last week that art galleries and collectors...

Texas Shooter’s Phone Encrypted
2017-11-07 20:32

The FBI cannot access a cellphone belonging to the dead suspect in Sunday’s Texas shooting, a situation that could reignite the government’s debate over encryption.

Privileged Accounts Still Poorly Managed
2017-11-07 20:27

Despite Continious Warnings, Organizations Fail to Protect Privileged Accounts read more

U.S. Government Warns of Weakness in IEEE Encryption Standard
2017-11-07 19:22

The United States Department of Homeland Security’s US-CERT has issued an alert to warn on cryptographic weaknesses impacting the IEEE P1735 standard, which describes methods for encrypting...

Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure
2017-11-07 18:07

Academic researchers size up weaknesses in the the code-signing Public Key Infrastructure and highlight three types of flaws.

Estonia Arrests Alleged Russian Agent Plotting Cyber-Crime
2017-11-07 17:51

Estonia said Tuesday it had arrested a suspected Russian spy allegedly plotting a cyber-crime, in the latest incident to strain relations between the small Baltic state and the Kremlin. read more

New Amazon S3 encryption and security features introduced
2017-11-07 17:32

Amazon Web Services has announced the availability of five new encryption and security features for the Amazon S3 cloud storage service. These include: Default object encryption; Permission...

Google Patches Critical Bugs in Android
2017-11-07 17:17

Google on Monday released its November 2017 set of security patches for Android to address 31 vulnerabilities, 9 of which are remote code execution issues rated Critical severity. A total of 9...