Security News > 2018 > April

Deception Tech: High-Fidelity Alerts If Hackers Take Bait
2018-04-23 13:48

Deception Can Add Value, But Only If Security Basics Are CoveredDeception technology - which involves tricking hackers into lurking on bogus IT assets - can provide crucial intelligence on methods...

Biometrics and the law: Police try to unlock phone with dead man's fingerprint
2018-04-23 13:47

Biometric authentication may be more convenient than passwords, and harder for hackers to duplicate, but how much protection does it offer from the law?

Yet Another Biometric: Ear Shape
2018-04-23 12:48

This acoustic technology identifies individuals by their ear shapes. No information about either false positives or false negatives....

Yahoo mega-breach hacker faces nearly 8 years in prison
2018-04-23 12:43

The hacker exposed half a billion Yahoo accounts on behalf of Russia's FSB

How Puresec aims to safeguard serverless applications from cyberattacks
2018-04-23 12:35

The PureSec Tesseract is a serverless security runtime engine that protects apps in AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure, and other environments.

Former SunTrust Employee Steals Details on 1.5 Million Customers
2018-04-23 12:33

A former employee stole data on 1.5 million customers, Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks announced on Friday. read more

LinkedIn patches serious leak in its AutoFill plugin
2018-04-23 12:21

Anyone could have drained their users' LinkedIn profile data

UK Teen Sentenced For 'Cyber Terrorizing' US Officials
2018-04-23 12:18

Kane Gamble Receives Two-Year Sentence For Targeting CIA, FBI, DHS OfficialsBritish teenager Kane Gamble has been sentenced to serve two years in a youth detection center after he admitted to...

Expand vulnerability and risk management programs to eliminate security misconfigurations
2018-04-23 12:15

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Tim White, Director of Product Management, Policy Compliance at Qualys, discusses how expanding vulnerability and risk management programs can...

GDPR: It’s an issue of transparency
2018-04-23 12:00

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been on the lips of security professionals for a long time now – but in just over a month, it will become a reality. While it is easy to get stuck...