Security News > 2018 > March

Businesses know breaches are happening, but do they know how, why and when?
2018-03-26 12:30

Nearly four in five companies (79%) were hit by a breach in the last year, according to Balabit. Their research also revealed that 68% businesses expect to be impacted by further breaches this...

Drupal to Patch Highly Critical Vulnerability This Week
2018-03-26 12:25

Drupal announced plans to release a security update for Drupal 7.x, 8.3.x, 8.4.x, and 8.5.x on March 28, 2018, aimed at addressing a highly critical vulnerability. The Drupal security team hasn’t...

US Charges Iranians With Hacking, and Britain Concurs
2018-03-26 12:18

UK's National Cyber Security Center Also Ties HBO, University Hacks to GroupThe U.K. government concurs with allegations contained in a U.S. Department of Justice indictment, which charges nine...

Phishing, malware, and cryptojacking continue to increase in sophistication
2018-03-26 12:15

Attackers are constantly trying new ways to get around established defenses. The data, collected throughout 2017 by Webroot, illustrates that attacks such as ransomware are becoming a worldwide...

Who and What Is Coinhive?
2018-03-26 12:12

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive's computer code to be used on...

Experiences and attitudes towards cloud-specific security capabilities
2018-03-26 12:10

Dimensional research conducted a survey of IT professionals responsible for cloud environments. The survey, which is comprised of data collected from over 600 respondents from around the world,...

Facebook Faces New Uproar: Call and SMS Metadata
2018-03-26 09:18

Users Surprised By Metadata Collection, But Facebook Says It Always AskedFacebook is facing a new controversy after some users say they've found records of phone calls and text messages in their...

IETF Approves TLS 1.3
2018-03-26 05:39

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) last week announced the approval of version 1.3 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) traffic encryption protocol. The Internet standards organization...

Week in review: PKI and IoT, Facebook’s trust crisis, understanding email fraud
2018-03-26 02:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Top cybersecurity evasion and exfiltration techniques used by attackers SS8 released its 2018 Threat Rewind Report,...

Facebook Collected Your Android Call History and SMS Data For Years
2018-03-25 20:03

Facebook knows a lot about you, your likes and dislikes—it's no surprise. But do you know, if you have installed Facebook Messenger app on your Android device, there are chances that the company...