Security News > 2018 > May

Texas Hospital CEOs: Cybersecurity Is No. 1 Worry
2018-05-07 20:33

At a recent meeting of hospital CEOs in Texas, the leaders said the issue that keeps them awake at night is cybersecurity, says Fernando Martinez of the Texas Hospital Association, who explains why.

How to lock down the Settings app in Windows 10
2018-05-07 19:57

Microsoft's streamlined Settings application lets users modify vital Windows 10 components. Here's how to prevent unauthorized changes to how the OS operates.

Security researchers want to force people to use different passwords for every website
2018-05-07 19:25

Two University of North Carolina professors say popular websites like Google and Facebook must share password data from their users to eliminate password reuse.

That Drupal bug you were told to patch weeks ago? Cryptominers hope you haven't bothered
2018-05-07 19:20

Cryptocoin malware outfit takes aim at 'Drupalgeddon' bug A set of high-severity vulnerabilities in Drupal that were disclosed last month are now the target of widespread attacks by a malware campaign.…

Romanian Hackers Extradited to U.S. over $18M Vishing Scam
2018-05-07 19:06

The two have been arraigned in a Georgia district court on charges relating to an elaborate voice- and SMS-phishing (i.e., vishing/smishing) scheme.

Variant of SynAck Malware Adopts Doppelgänging Technique
2018-05-07 18:54

Ransomware adopts Process Doppelgänging technique to avoid antivirus researchers and avoid detection in a newly identified malware double threat targeting users in the U.S., Kuwait and Germany.

Tessian: Using Machine Learning to Prevent Data Loss
2018-05-07 18:33

Abhirukt Sapur on Monitoring Behavioral PatternsAbhirukt Sapru, head of business development at Tessian, describes the use of machine learning to help prevent highly sensitive information from...

InstaSafe: A Software-Defined Perimeter
2018-05-07 18:03

CEO Sandip Kumar Panda on Secure ConnectivitySandip Kumar Panda, co-founder and CEO of InstaSafe, which offers a software-defined perimeter solution, talks about his company's approach toward...

How to disable AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows 10
2018-05-07 18:02

Vulnerabilities in Windows AutoPlay could compromise your PC's security. Here's how to disable it locally and at the Group Policy level.

In Android P, Google is fixing flaw that let apps secretly track users for years
2018-05-07 17:46

A flaw that allowed apps to monitor user network activity will be fixed, but not for all apps.