Security News > 2017 > December

Is North Korea the True Culprit Behind WannaCry?
2017-12-22 13:33

An assessment on whether North Korea is behind the WannaCry ransomware attacks leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, the co-author of NIST's revised Trustworthy Email special...

Improving Security in the Manufacturing Sector
2017-12-22 13:33

RaviKiran Avvaru of Toyota Kirloskar on the Need for Collaboration Between IT and OTTo better address security issues, companies in the manufacturing industry need to ensure proper communications...

Intelligence Committee Outlines UK's Offensive and Defensive Cyber Posture
2017-12-22 13:17

The UK Intelligence and Security Committee, which has oversight of the UK intelligence community, published its 2016-2017 annual report (PDF) on Wednesday. With the rider that the report was...

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Seven Seas Cybersecurity: Captain, We Have a Problem
2017-12-22 13:02

Detecting Compromises Requires Monitoring a Series of Activities Over Time In the wee hours of April 15, 1912, the unthinkable happened to the unsinkable. The RMS Titanic sank. She and more than...

Amazon's Door Lock Is Amazon's Bid to Control Your Home
2017-12-22 12:25

Interesting essay about Amazon's smart lock: When you add Amazon Key to your door, something more sneaky also happens: Amazon takes over. You can leave your keys at home and unlock your door with...

Schneider Electric Patches Flaws in Pelco Video Management System
2017-12-22 08:45

Schneider Electric recently developed a firmware update for its Pelco VideoXpert Enterprise product to address several vulnerabilities, including a high severity code execution flaw. read more

Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
2017-12-22 08:33

If you receive a video file (packed in zip archive) sent by someone (or your friends) on your Facebook messenger — just don’t click on it. Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning...

Nissan Finance Canada Suffers Data Breach — Notifies 1.13 Million Customers
2017-12-22 06:18

It's the last month of this year, but possibly not the last data breach report. Nissan warns of a possible data breach of personal information on its customers who financed their vehicles through...

Nissan Canada Informs 1.1 Million Customers of Data Breach
2017-12-22 06:07

Nissan Canada revealed on Thursday that the personal information of some customers may have been compromised as a result of a data breach discovered by the company on December 11. read more

North Korean Hackers Targeting Individuals: Report
2017-12-21 22:39

North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus has started targeting individuals and organizations directly, instead of focusing exclusively on spying on financial institutions, Proofpoint...