Security News > 2018 > February

JenX Botnet Has Grand Theft Auto Hook
2018-02-02 18:32

A GTA hosting site is offering powerful DDoS attacks for $20 a pop, researchers say.

Scammers steal nearly $1 million from Bee Token ICO would-be investors
2018-02-02 18:28

Another day, another ICO-related scam. In an attack similar to that which fooled investors into the Enigma cryptocurrency investment platform, users who were aiming to buy Bee Tokens during a...

New Western Digital My Cloud Bugs Give Local Attackers Root to NAS Devices
2018-02-02 18:16

Two new WD My Cloud vulnerabilities have been identified, adding to last month’s bevy of security bugs.

Japan Raids Hacked Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Plunges Further
2018-02-02 17:51

Japanese authorities on Friday raided virtual currency exchange Coincheck, a week after the Tokyo-based firm lost $530 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. read more

Rationalizing the Security Stack
2018-02-02 17:48

As a long-time security leader, Qualys CISO Mark Butler has watched the evolution of security tools and platforms. The best-of-breed approach still has value, but also has failed us, he says. How...

Kaspersky Patches Vulnerabilities in Secure Mail Gateway
2018-02-02 16:57

Kaspersky Lab this week released an update for its Secure Mail Gateway to resolve a series of vulnerabilities that could lead to account takeover, code execution, and privilege escalation. read more

Does The U.S. Need a National Cybersecurity Safety Board?
2018-02-02 16:41

It is time, suggest two academics from Indiana University-Bloomington, for Congress to establish a National Cybersecurity Safety Board (NCSB) as an analogue of the National Transportation Safety...

Groundhog Day: Third-party cyber risk edition
2018-02-02 14:19

Over the past four years, I’ve had countless conversations with hundreds of companies around third-party cyber risk issues. It’s been my personal Groundhog Day, so to speak. Regardless of sector...

New infosec products of the week​: February 2, 2018
2018-02-02 14:00

Stop threats in enterprise container runtime environments StackRox announced StackRox Detect and Respond 2.0, enhancing its robust threat detection capabilities across five phases of container...

Bomgar acquires Lieberman Software
2018-02-02 13:43

Bomgar has acquired Lieberman Software, a provider of privileged identity and credential management software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Remote access is the most common attack...