Security News > 2018 > July

Cryptojacking for beginners – what you need to know
2018-07-31 11:00

Cryptojacking has hit the headlines in recent months. But what is it? And do you need to be worried?

Dixons Carphone: Yeah, so, about that hack we said hit 1.2m records? Multiply that by 8.3
2018-07-31 09:51

Retailer says probe found 10m records hit – but no evidence of fraud Dixons Carphone today admitted that the data breach it discovered last month affected nine times as many people as first believed.…

Activist Leaks 11,000 Private Messages from WikiLeaks' Twitter Chats
2018-07-31 06:48

An activist has just leaked thousands of private messages of an organization that's been known to publishing others' secrets. More than 11,000 direct messages from a Twitter group used by...

Australians almost immune from ransomware, topping lists for data safety
2018-07-30 23:26

OAIC releases data breach notification report Take a bow, Australians: we may have had 242 breaches sent to the information commissioner this quarter, but almost nobody fell victim to ransomware attacks.…

Tripwire Data Collector uncovers blind spots in industrial cybersecurity
2018-07-30 21:59

Tripwire announced the debut of Tripwire Data Collector, a new cybersecurity solution to provide visibility into vulnerabilities and changes within operational technology (OT) environments....

Financial institutions fight cybercrime with intelligent platform from Fiserv and BlueVoyant
2018-07-30 21:34

Fiserv and BlueVoyant announced a strategic alliance to deliver a managed security platform that addresses the needs of financial institutions – from threat detection, response and remediation to...

LogMeIn unveils secure federated login to LastPass with Active Directory
2018-07-30 21:30

LastPass by LogMeIn announced a new integration with Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services (“ADFS”), providing organizations utilizing Microsoft ADFS with the ability to allow employees...

Action1, new cybersecurity startup founded by Netwrix veterans
2018-07-30 21:28

The two co-founders of Netwrix, Alex Vovk and Mike Fimin, established Action1 with the vision of extending into the growing cloud-based cybersecurity market. After building Netwrix for almost 12...

Pentagon 'do not buy' list says нет to Russia, 不要 to Chinese code
2018-07-30 20:55

Protect and survive, or old-fashioned protectionism – we'll let you decide The US military is drawing up a list of overseas organizations – primarily in Russia and China, funnily enough – that the...

Pentagon 'do not buy' list says nyet to Russia, 没有 to Chinese software
2018-07-30 20:55

Protect and survive – or old-fashioned protectionism, you decide The US military is drawing up a list of overseas organizations – primarily in Russia and China, funnily enough – that the Pentagon...