Security News > 2018 > May

Are You Securing Your Contract Workforce?
2018-05-09 14:09

Companies Should Adopt Compliance Standards for Their Partners and Vendors read more

Misinterpretation of Intel Docs Leads to Flaw in Hypervisors, OSs
2018-05-09 13:54

The developers of several major operating systems and hypervisors misinterpreted documentation from Intel and introduced a potentially serious vulnerability to their products. read more

Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.
2018-05-09 13:36

I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in...

Microsoft Adds Support for JavaScript in Excel—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
2018-05-09 13:02

Shortly after Microsoft announced support for custom JavaScript functions in Excel, someone demonstrated what could possibly go wrong if this feature is abused for malicious purposes. As promised...

IT: Patch these critical new vulnerabilities in Windows, Adobe, and OS kernels
2018-05-09 12:49

Hackers could be currently exploiting one of the Windows vulnerabilities addressed in Patch Tuesday.

How Digital Transformation is Making the Anonymous Personal
2018-05-09 12:37

Allow me to nitpick for a moment: There’s a difference between data and information.  Data are the facts or details from which information is derived. As such, standalone pieces of data are rarely...

How to adopt the mindset of continuous security for security operations
2018-05-09 12:20

In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Dino Dai Zovi, co-founder and CTO at Capsule8, talks about what continuous security is, and how you should bring more of this mindset to your...

Zero-Day Attack Exploits Windows via Malicious Word Doc
2018-05-09 12:03

Microsoft Patches Flaw, Warns It Could Be Exploited via Websites, MalvertisingSecurity alert: Microsoft has issued updates to fix 67 unique flaws in its products. One vulnerability in Windows...

Breach activity declines, number of compromised records remains high
2018-05-09 12:02

After year over year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the number of breaches...

Why AI-faked videos are a danger to national and business security
2018-05-09 11:53

If you thought fake news was bad just wait until hackers get their hands on AI-powered face swapping tech, says G2 Crowd CRO Michael Fauscette.