Security News > 2018 > April

Cybercrime Se Habla Español: Inside the Underground
2018-04-30 17:48

Flashpoint's Liv Rowley Traces Spanish Language Hacker Forums in Latin AmericaHacking is a global phenomenon, says Liv Rowley, an intelligence analyst at Flashpoint who's been tracking the rise,...

Twitter sold data access to Cambridge Analytica-affiliated researcher
2018-04-30 17:34

Dr Aleksandr Kogan, the academic behind the personality quiz app that harvested Facebook information of 80+ million people, has also had access to a random sample of public tweets posted during a...

Real-World Application Security: Top 10 Threats
2018-04-30 17:18

Intuit's Threat Hunting Lead, Shannon Lietz, on Building a Better Red TeamAs the head of DevSecOps at Intuit, Shannon Lietz tracks the real-world tactics, techniques and procedures hackers use...

A malicious USB stick could crash your Windows PC, even if it's locked
2018-04-30 17:11

A recently published proof-of-concept bug in Windows Autoplay should alarm Microsoft, but the company said it isn't a serious security flaw.

The Evolution of Phishing
2018-04-30 16:48

Proofpoint's Ryan Kalember on Shifting Attack PatternsHow is phishing continuing to evolve? Ryan Kalember of Proofpoint describes the changing threat landscape.

UK High Court rules part of Snoopers’ Charter incompatible with EU law
2018-04-30 16:34

The UK High Court has ruled that part of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (nicknamed Snoopers’ Charter) is incompatible with European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights and,...

Department of Health inks Windows 10 upgrade deal with Microsoft
2018-04-30 15:57

Cash splashed from £150m cyber resilience pot The Department of Health and Social Care and inked a deal with Microsoft to upgrade all NHS machines to Windows 10 – in a supposed attempt to boost...

NATO Exercise Tests Skills of National Cyber Defenders
2018-04-30 15:50

More than 1,000 experts from nearly 30 countries have tested their ability to protect IT systems and critical infrastructure networks at NATO’s Locked Shields 2018 live-fire cyber defense...

NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework to Tackle Supply Chain Threats, Vulnerability Disclosure and More
2018-04-30 15:49

Version 1.1 includes updates on authentication and identity, self-assessment, supply-chain security and vulnerability disclosure, among other changes.

Twitter Sold Data To Cambridge Analytica-Linked Company
2018-04-30 15:02

Twitter is the latest company to face backlash for how it handles data privacy after disclosing that it sold data access to a Cambridge Analytica-linked researcher.