Security News > 2018 > April

How the UK Department of Health will prevent the next WannaCry? Move to Windows 10
2018-04-30 14:30

Upgrading to Windows 10 may help the UK's hospital system prevent future cyberattacks and offers a simpler system for patching and upgrades.

Strengthening information security to protect against fake news
2018-04-30 13:55

Online disinformation, also refered to as “fake news”, has recently received a lot of attention as a potential disruptor of democratic processes globally. There is a need to initiate a dialogue in...

Faulty Patch for Oracle WebLogic Flaw Opens Updated Servers to Hackers Again
2018-04-30 13:48

Earlier this month, Oracle patched a highly critical Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in its WebLogic Server component of Fusion Middleware that could allow attackers to...

Was your business's Twitter feed sold to Cambridge Analytica?
2018-04-30 13:23

Twitter sold Aleksandr Kogan's firm Global Science Research access to large-scale public data in 2015.

NCSC Joins Secure Chorus to Promote End-to-End Secure Communications
2018-04-30 13:20

The UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has become the first government agency to join Secure Chorus, a not-for-profit private company limited by guarantee, whose ownership rests with its...

Hackers Target 3 Mexican Banks' Real-Time Transfers
2018-04-30 13:18

Mexico's Central Bank Says No Client Money Lost, But Activates Contingency PlansMexico's central bank says attackers attempted to hack its interbank electronic transfer system, but says no client...

YouTube snags millions of bad videos, but is it getting the right ones?
2018-04-30 12:55

You don't have to look far to find objectionable content

Hackers Target Poorly Patched Oracle WebLogic Flaw
2018-04-30 12:53

Hackers have been scanning the Internet for Oracle WebLogic Server installations that can be taken over using a recently addressed vulnerability. While patched systems should be protected against...

GDPR: Understanding the Complexities
2018-04-30 12:48

What are some of the complexities of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced beginning May 25? Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at LogMeIn, offers compliance insights in an...

Google adds SSO verification check to G Suite
2018-04-30 12:43

Last May, around one million Gmail and G Suite users using SAML single sign-on (SSO) were targeted by a clever type of phishing attack that Google seemed keen for everyone to know it had shut down...