Security News > 2017

Security researchers report a massive uptick in the number of MongoDB databases hijacked and held for ransom.

St. Jude Medical patched the Merlin@home Transmitter, addressing flaws made public last year in a controversial disclosure by MedSec Holdings and Muddy Waters.

A database of 3.3 million Hello Kitty users tied to a 2015 breach surfaced over the weekend exposing thousands of minors to potential credential theft.

Data purportedly belonging to 1.5 million members of the video gaming community ESEA, or the E-Sports Entertainment Association League, was leaked over the weekend.

The Department of Homeland Security has designated the U.S. voting infrastructure as critical infrastructure.

The 8th annual Hack In The Box Security Conference in Amsterdam will feature brand new 2 and 3-day hands-on technical trainings covering a wide variety of topics from Linux kernel exploitation...

From a cybersecurity perspective, 2016 was a very devastating year for companies, schools, government agencies, organizations and even presidential campaigns. What we’ve learned from a record year...

As to be expected when ringing in a new year, there are predictions galore flooding social media and that includes the cybersecurity space. Predications are more than just possibilities when it...

95 percent of organizations face significant challenges when implementing leading cybersecurity frameworks, according to Tenable Network Security and the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The...

Worldwide IoT spending is forecast to reach $737 billion in 2016 as organizations invest in the hardware, software, services, and connectivity that enable the IoT. According to IDC, global IoT...