Security News > 2018 > October

Cloud Daddy launches data protection update for Secure Backup solution on AWS Marketplace
2018-10-04 01:00

With the latest version of Cloud Daddy Secure Backup 1.2, customers can see where their backups and replications are stored. Cloud Daddy’s Disaster Recovery Orchestration Dashboard provides the...

NTT DATA and Pivotal to modernize businesses through cloud-native solutions
2018-10-04 00:30

NTT DATA Services announced the company is collaborating with Pivotal Software. Together the companies will modernize businesses through Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), a cloud-native application...

Kroll expands Identity Theft and Breach Notification solutions to UK
2018-10-04 00:00

Kroll has been providing data breach response and identity theft remediation and restoration services in the United States and Canada since 1999, assisting clients with cases that have affected...

Virus Bulletin 2018: macOS Flaw Allows Attackers to Hijack Installed Apps
2018-10-03 23:43

This code-signing issue represents a new attack vector, according to the researcher.

Why we need more cybersecurity workers right now
2018-10-03 23:22

At the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration, Katie Jenkins of Liberty Mutual, explained how to attract more diverse candidates to cybersecurity roles.

Apple forgot to lock Intel Management Engine in laptops, so get patching
2018-10-03 22:43

Chipzilla's security through obscurity withers under scrutiny In its ongoing exploration of Intel's Management Engine (ME), security biz Positive Technologies has reaffirmed the shortsightedness...

Cloud, Containers, Orchestration Big Factors in BSIMM9
2018-10-03 20:38

A converged architecture that brings independent software vendors, cloud vendors and IoT vendors together is reshaping the security landscape.

The Effects of GDPR's 72-Hour Notification Rule
2018-10-03 20:24

The EU's GDPR regulation requires companies to report a breach within 72 hours. Alex Stamos, former Facebook CISO now at Stanford University, points out how this can be a problem: Interesting...

Election Security: Building Public Confidence
2018-10-03 20:03

Suzanne Spaulding, former undersecretary for the Department of Homeland Security, says a key way to ensure public confidence in the security of U.S. elections is to rely on paper ballots for...

CEO pleads guilty of conspiring with drug cartels to sell them stealthy Blackberrys
2018-10-03 19:48

Phantom Secure's Vincent Ramos faces 20 years in clink The CEO of a company that took Blackberry phones, stripped them of their cameras, microphones and GPS and then installed encryption software...