Security News > 2018 > October

China hijacking internet traffic using BGP, claim researchers
2018-10-30 11:28

Researchers claim that unusual BGP routing changes are actually man-in-the-middle surveillance.

92% of External Web Apps Have Exploitable Security Flaws or Weaknesses: Report
2018-10-30 10:50

According to new research, 98% of leading companies across the U.S. and Europe are vulnerable to cybercriminals through their web applications. While this figure may seem high, it will surprise...

The Seven Leading Security Gaps in Industrial Environments
2018-10-30 10:25

OT Personnel Need to be Proactive About Security October is officially National Cyber Security Awareness month, and this year one of the program’s key messages is working together to secure...

Unpatched MS Word Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infect Your Computer
2018-10-30 10:18

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed an unpatched logical flaw in Microsoft Office 2016 and older versions that could allow an attacker to embed malicious code inside a document file, tricking...

Signal Secure Messaging App Now Encrypts Sender's Identity As Well
2018-10-30 08:33

Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app, is planning to roll out a new feature that aims to hide the sender's identity from potential attackers trying to intercept the...

Google Launches reCAPTCHA v3
2018-10-30 07:01

Google on Monday announced the launch of reCAPTCHA v3, which aims to improve user experience by removing the need for challenges. read more

Safeguarding global critical networks now and in the future
2018-10-30 06:30

Lior Frenkel is the CEO and co-founder of Waterfall Security Solutions, a provider of unidirectional security gateways, stronger-than-firewalls perimeter security solutions for industrial control...

21% of all files in the cloud contain sensitive data
2018-10-30 06:03

McAfee released its Cloud Adoption and Risk Report, which analyzed billions of events in anonymized customers production cloud use to assess the current state of cloud deployments and to uncover...

ZeroStack delivers inter-cloud VPN-as-a-service
2018-10-30 05:44

ZeroStack unveiled that administrators of its cloud platform can set up secure tunnels between users or networks at disparate sites, bringing a new layer of collaboration while maintaining...

IoT Flaw Allows Hijacking of Connected Construction Cranes
2018-10-29 20:50

An attacker can send spoofed commands to the crane's controller.