Security News > 2017 > December

Android Development Tools Riddled with Nasty Vulnerabilities
2017-12-06 18:15

Java/Android developers are exposed to vulnerabilities affecting the development tools, both downloadable and cloud based, used in the Android application ecosystem, Check Point warns. read more

Industrial Firms Slow to Adopt Cybersecurity Measures: Honeywell
2017-12-06 16:45

Industrial companies are slow to adopt cyber security capabilities and technology to protect their data and operations, according to a report released on Wednesday by industrial giant Honeywell. read more

Taking Hybrid IT from Accident to Strategy
2017-12-06 16:39

Most enterprises have an accidental Hybrid IT reality, rather than a strategy. As various groups and geographies within enterprise organizations procure their own cloud services independently of...

DDoS attackers increasingly targeting cryptocurrency exchanges
2017-12-06 16:22

The extraordinary volatility of the price of bitcoin has spurred speculators to employ a wide variety of tricks to make it swing between extremes, so that they can take advantage of it. The...

Mobile Response to Security Alerts Allows Immediate Action Anywhere, Anytime
2017-12-06 16:07

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Mobile Alerts Improve Incident Response
2017-12-06 16:07

Mobile Response to Endpoint Alerts Allows Immediate Action Anywhere, Anytime Cybersecurity is 24/7; cybersecurity staff are not. While larger corporations can arrange for 24/7 cover, most smaller...

Senate Confirms New US Homeland Security Chief
2017-12-06 15:47

The US Senate confirmed White House deputy chief of staff Kirstjen Nielsen as Secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday, putting her in charge of implementing the Trump administration's...

Corporate IoT Implementation Struggling, Survey Finds
2017-12-06 15:38

Security is the Primary Concern for Firms Implementing an IoT Strategy, IT Pros Say Remaining competitive is the primary motivation for implementing a corporate 'internet of things' (IoT)...

Germany Preparing Backdoor Law
2017-12-06 15:06

The German Interior Minister is preparing a bill that allows the government to mandate backdoors in encryption. No details about how likely this is to pass. I am skeptical....

HBO Hacker Linked to Iranian Spy Group
2017-12-06 13:49

A man accused by U.S. authorities of hacking into the systems of HBO and attempting to extort millions of dollars from the company has been linked by security researchers to an Iranian cyber...