Security News > 2018 > April

New templates let AWS users quickly and easily deploy blockchain networks
2018-04-23 18:18

Users can launch either Ethereum or Hyperledger Fabric networks in just a few clicks.

How to protect your business from the real risk of a social-media takeover
2018-04-23 17:49

By not following basic security practices on social media, individuals and businesses increase the risk of attack said Mike Price, CTO of security firm ZeroFox.

Former SunTrust employee stole data on 1.5 million clients
2018-04-23 17:10

US commercial bank SunTrust has announced on Friday that they’ve fallen victim to insider threat, and that customer records of some 1.5 million of its customers had been extracted from its...

Microsoft: Tech support scams rose by 24% in 2017, costing some victims thousands of dollars
2018-04-23 16:43

Social engineering scams make even the best security solutions useless, Microsoft said. It wants industry-wide collaboration to solve the problem.

Insider Threat: Putting Theory Into Practice
2018-04-23 16:18

Rockwell Automation CISO Dawn Cappelli Now Shifts Focus to External ThreatsFor years, Dawn Cappelli studied and wrote about the insider threat. Then she went to Rockwell Automation and built an...

You weren't hacked, Google tells Gmail users who received spam from themselves
2018-04-23 16:02

The method behind the spam glitch was spotted last year but ignored by Google

Internet Society Calls on IXPs to Help Solve Internet Routing Problems
2018-04-23 15:47

The Internet Society is expanding its Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative from just autonomous systems (AS) networks to include internet exchange points (IXPs). read more

Researchers Analyze Servers Compromised by Russian Hackers
2018-04-23 15:40

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT have analyzed servers compromised by the infamous threat actor known as Energetic Bear in recent years. read more

IT whistleblowers who expose company data breaches may soon be protected in EU
2018-04-23 14:39

A proposal by the European Commission would also protect those who expose fraud and tax evasion from retaliation.

FDA plans to improve medical device cybersecurity
2018-04-23 14:05

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to tackle security issues related to medical devices and has released a plan of action it means to implement in the near future. Broadly, plan is as...