Security News > 2017 > November

CareFirst Asks Supreme Court to Review Data Breach Case
2017-11-02 19:33

Health Insurer Claims Case Lacks Evidence of HarmCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a case filed against the health insurer in the wake of a...

Report: US Weighs DNC Hacking Charges Against Russians
2017-11-02 18:33

Prosecutors May Charge Six Russian Officials, Wall Street Journal ReportsThe U.S. Justice Department has identified at least six members of the Russian government that investigators believe...

SSH-based Hijacker Targeting Ethereum Miners
2017-11-02 18:29

Crypto-currency miners represent an easy solution when it comes to taking advantage of a system’s computing power to earn some money, but can result in no gain if the mined coins are going to...

Taking HTTPS Denial to an Absurd Level
2017-11-02 18:01

Researcher Troy Hunt discovers as far as the internet has come in adopting HTTPS, it still has a ways to go.

Apple protects its Wi-Fi enabled devices from KRACK attack
2017-11-02 17:53

Apple has released security updates for its many popular products, and has finally plugged the recently unveiled WPA2 flaws that allow attackers to extract sensitive information from Wi-Fi...

Chain of 11 Bugs Takes Down Galaxy S8 at Mobile Pwn2Own
2017-11-02 17:35

Researchers from MWR Labs used 11 vulnerabilities across six different mobile applications to execute code on a Samsung Galaxy S8 at Mobile Pwn2Own.

Ransomware School: Learn Lessons From How Others Fail
2017-11-02 17:03

David Stubley of 7 Elements on Identifying Initial Intrusions to Block Repeat Attacks"Are we vulnerable to the attacks that are being reported in the media?" All CEOs and boards of directors...

Gangs, States and 'Geeks' Behind Canada Cyberattacks: Minister
2017-11-02 16:56

Cyberattacks on Canadian government computers by what a minister described Tuesday as gangsters, rogue states and "geeks in basements" are on the rise, but are also failing more, according to a...

Shadow IT Growth Introducing Huge Compliance Risks: Report
2017-11-02 16:37

Organizations Not Working to Defend Shadow IT Are in Danger of Data Loss and Regulatory Violations read more

OpenSSL Patches Flaws Found With Google Fuzzer
2017-11-02 16:31

OpenSSL updates released on Thursday patch two low and medium severity vulnerabilities discovered using Google’s open source OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service. read more