Security News > 2018 > July

HP Launches Bug Bounty Program for Printers
2018-07-31 12:27

HP announced on Tuesday the launch of a bug bounty program for printers. The company is prepared to pay out up to $10,000 for serious vulnerabilities found in its products. read more

Mimecast Acquires Threat Detection Startup Solebit for $88 Million
2018-07-31 12:23

Email and data security firm Mimecast (NASDAQ: MIME) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired threat detection firm Solebit for approximately $88 million net of cash acquired. read more

Leaky radio devices broadcast chipset data, discover researchers
2018-07-31 11:59

Researchers at EURECOM S3 Group found that they can extract crypto keys from a set of run-of-the-mill communications chips just by listening to the noise it makes.

Spectre chip weakness can be used to steal data remotely
2018-07-31 11:52

Researchers have found a new variant of the Spectre CPU flaw that shows how attackers could steal data remotely without having to run malicious code on a local system.

Hacking a Robot Vacuum
2018-07-31 11:40

The Diqee 360 robotic vacuum cleaner can be turned into a surveillance device. The attack requires physical access to the device, so in the scheme of things it's not a big deal. But why in the...

CEO guidance: Handling dynamic change in the cybersecurity industry
2018-07-31 11:30

In a little over 18 months since SonicWall split from Dell, the company has become operationally and financially independent. “In fact, while achieving independence, we are thriving, surpassing...

Dixons Carphone Data Breach Affects 10 Million Customers
2018-07-31 11:18

Dixons Carphone's 2017 data breach was worse than initially anticipated. In an announcement on Monday, Dixons Carphone, one of the largest consumer electronics and telecommunication retailers in...

Six best practices to follow in access control
2018-07-31 11:15

Finding the right access control for your organization is best done in stages. In this way, you’ll be able to foresee costs and activities that you must tackle both on short-term and long-term...

Reducing the Pain of OT Network Segmentation
2018-07-31 11:14

I touched on network segmentation in my previous column, You Know You’re at Risk, Now What? and although it is a fairly foundational security practice, at least in the IT realm, I want to give it...

Iowa Health Group Data Breach Hits 1.4 Million Patients
2018-07-31 11:02

UnityPoint Health Says Hackers' Likely Goal Was Business Email Compromise FraudA large Midwestern health network says a successful phishing campaign exposed a raft of personal and medical data...