Security News > 2017 > December

Threat Modeling the Internet of Things: Modeling Reaper
2017-12-13 17:37

What a timely way to end this series on Threat Modeling the Internet of Things (IoT). An advanced thingbot, nicknamed Reaper (or IoTroop), was recently discovered infecting hordes of IoT devices....

Two Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating & Using Mirai Botnet for Massive DDoS Attacks
2017-12-13 16:48

The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and...

Singapore Ministry of Defence Announces Bug Bounty Program
2017-12-13 16:20

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has invited roughly 300 white hat hackers from around the world to take part in a two-week bug bounty program targeting eight of its Internet-facing...

Philippine Bank Accuses Bangladesh of Heist 'Cover-Up'
2017-12-13 15:34

A Philippine bank on Tuesday accused Bangladesh's central bank of a "massive cover-up" over an $81-million cyber-heist last year, as it rejected allegations it was mostly to blame. read more

Apple Patches KRACK Flaws in AirPort Base Station
2017-12-13 15:20

Apple this week released security updates to the firmware for its AirPort Base Stations to resolve vulnerabilities that make the network routers at risk to Key Reinstallation Attacks (KRACK).  read more

Critical Flaws Found in Palo Alto Networks Security Platform
2017-12-13 14:17

Updates released by Palo Alto Networks for the company’s PAN-OS security platform patch critical and high severity vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution and command...

Taking the physician’s pulse on cybersecurity
2017-12-13 14:00

More than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent) have experienced some form of a cybersecurity attack, according to Accenture and the American Medical Association (AMA). This, along with...

IoT data exchange: Building trust and value
2017-12-13 13:45

The results of Cisco’s IoT Value/Trust Paradox report show that, while most consumers believe IoT services deliver significant value for them, very few understand or trust how their IoT data is...

Flaw in Office 365 with Azure AD Connect could result in domain compromise
2017-12-13 13:25

The Preempt research team has uncovered a vulnerability with Microsoft Office 365 when integrated with an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) using Azure AD Connect software that...

Emerging trends companies should prepare for in 2018
2017-12-13 13:00

Today’s organizations face a cyber security landscape that is more difficult to navigate than ever before. To shed light on what lies ahead and help businesses better prepare for emerging threats,...