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Fighting Alert Fatigue With Security Orchestration, Automation and Response
2018-09-06 17:38

New research confirms and quantifies two known challenges for security operations teams: they don't have enough staff and would benefit from automated tools. read more

U.S. to Charge North Korean Spy Over WannaCry and Sony Pictures Hack
2018-09-06 17:18

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to announce criminal charges against a North Korean government spy in connection with the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 Sony...

Qualys Community Edition: Discover IT assets, manage vulnerabilities, scan web apps
2018-09-06 16:10

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2018, Anthony Mogannam, Product Manager, SME/SMB Solutions at Qualys, talks about issues related to open source software and Qualys Community Edition....

Active Spy Campaign Exploits Unpatched Windows Zero-Day
2018-09-06 16:01

The PowerPool gang launched its attack just two days after the zero-day in the Windows Task Scheduler was disclosed.

Windows 10 support extended again: September releases now get 30 months
2018-09-06 15:55

And Microsoft is offering enterprises dedicated app compatibility support.

Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
2018-09-06 15:51

A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was "Feds Can't Touch Us" pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools. On...

Attackers Abuse Age Restrictions to Hide Apps on iOS Devices
2018-09-06 15:19

Malicious actors leveraging an open source mobile device management (MDM) system have been abusing a legitimate iOS feature to hide legitimate applications and trick victims into using malicious...

Malware Found on USB Drives Shipped With Schneider Solar Products
2018-09-06 15:00

Schneider Electric recently informed customers that some of the USB flash drives shipped by the company with its Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products were infected with malware. read more

Mozilla Patches Critical Code Execution Bug in Firefox 62
2018-09-06 14:34

The update includes nine security patches overall.