Security News > 2018 > May

Red Hat admin? Get off Twitter and patch this DHCP client bug
2018-05-16 02:58

Proof-of-concept fits in a Tweet and can take down all of RH's best bits Red Hat has announced a critical vulnerability in its DHCP client and while it doesn't have a brand name it does have a...

Ex-CIA man fingered as prime suspect in Vault 7 spy tool manuals leak
2018-05-15 22:56

Report claims former intel worker believed to be behind data dump A former CIA employee has been named as the prime suspect behind last year's leak of thousands of top-secret documents on the...

Ex-CIA man named as suspect in Vault 7 leak
2018-05-15 22:56

Report claims former intel worker behind data dump A former CIA employee has been named as the prime suspect in last year's dump of thousands of documents on the agency's hacking practices.…

Phishing Spy Campaign Targets Top Mideast Officials
2018-05-15 21:38

Researchers have discovered a set of custom surveillanceware tools being deployed against Android and iOS devices primarily in the Middle East.

Mexico’s Banking System Sees $18M Siphoned Off in Phantom Transactions
2018-05-15 21:27

Sources said the funds were diverted to fraudulent accounts in a coordinated heist that involved hundreds of wire transfers and on-the-ground accomplices.

Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Found Vulnerable to Command Injection Attacks
2018-05-15 20:48

A Google security researcher has discovered a critical remote command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client implementation of Red Hat Linux and its derivatives like Fedora operating system....

Julian Assange said to have racked up $5m security bill for Ecuador
2018-05-15 19:35

WikiLeaks vows to take action over libelous claims The government of Ecuador spent nearly $5m to provide protected internet access to asylum-seeker Julian Assange and he responded by hacking theur...

Driving the Convergence of Networking and Security
2018-05-15 18:20

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet …” When Rudyard Kipling wrote that opening line to “The Ballad of East and West,” little could he have known it might one day...

OnDemand Webinar | State of the Internet Security Report
2018-05-15 18:03

State of the Internet | Security Report: Q4 2017 Findings

Insider threat blind spot enables employee revenge attacks
2018-05-15 17:30

Based on threat assessments from global organizations in public and private sector industries, Dtex Systems determined there are active insider threats in all assessed organizations. This is clear...