Security News > 2018 > April

Most dangerous attack techniques, and what’s coming next
2018-04-23 11:35

Experts from SANS presented the five most dangerous new cyber attack techniques in their annual RSA Conference 2018 keynote session in San Francisco, and shared their views on how they work, how...

IT workforce increasingly overworked and stressed out
2018-04-23 11:30

45% of IT workers are feeling the pressure of strained technology operations and suffer regular stress in their jobs, according to Chess Cybersecurity. IT staff who said they were stressed out...

Is scraping files from a Freedom of Information website ‘hacking’?
2018-04-23 10:41

A teen is being charged for downloading 7k records, 250 of which weren't properly redacted. Who's to blame?

Oath Pays $400,000 in Bug Bounties in One Day
2018-04-23 10:37

Internet media company Oath paid more than $400,000 in bounties during the H1-415 one-day HackerOne event in San Francisco, where 41 hackers from 11 countries were present. read more

Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
2018-04-23 10:10

From the employee from hell busted by VPN and why 'remote detonator' is a bad Wi-Fi network name to how the NSA beats 0-days, and more!

City of Atlanta Ransomware Attack Proves Disastrously Expensive
2018-04-23 08:51

City of Atlanta Ransomware Attack Showcases Ethical Problem in Whether to Pay a Ransom or Not read more

'Orangeworm' Cyberspies Target Healthcare Sector in US, Europe, Asia
2018-04-23 08:27

A threat group tracked by Symantec as Orangeworm has been targeting healthcare organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia, but the attacks do not appear to be the work of a nation state. read more

Google Discloses Windows Lockdown Policy Zero-Day
2018-04-23 08:18

Google Discloses Unpatched Windows Lockdown Policy Bypass read more

Wading Through Tool Overload and Redundancy?
2018-04-23 07:37

A False Sense of Security is Worse Than a Real Sense of Vulnerability read more

Single single-sign-on SNAFU threatens three Cisco products
2018-04-23 06:28

Firepower, AnyConnect and ASA appliances and clients need patches Cisco has announced a suite of patches against a bug in its Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) implementation.…