Security News > 2018 > November

Georgia Patches Voter Website, But Hacking Accusation Stands
2018-11-06 11:18

Disclosure Flow Suggests Georgia's Secretary of State's Office May Have ErredGeorgia quietly fixed two flaws in its voter registration website that could have exposed personal information. How the...

Flaws in Popular Self-Encrypting SSDs Let Attackers Decrypt Data
2018-11-06 09:33

We all have something to hide, something to protect. But if you are also relying on self-encrypting drives for that, then you should read this news carefully. Security researchers have discovered...

GPU side channel attacks can enable spying on web activity, password stealing
2018-11-06 07:54

Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside have revealed for the first time how easily attackers can use a computer’s graphics processing unit, or GPU, to spy on web activity,...

U.S. Air Force Announces Third Bug Bounty Program
2018-11-06 07:11

The United States Air Force on Monday announced that it has launched its third bug bounty program in collaboration with HackerOne. Hack the Air Force 3.0 is the largest bug bounty program run by...

How financial institutions can change the economics of fraud
2018-11-06 07:00

In 2017, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States has risen to nearly 17 million. As the US became the last of the G20 countries to adopt Chip and PIN/Signature cards, fraudsters...

Countering threats: Steps to take when developing APIs
2018-11-06 06:45

High profile data breaches resulting from faulty APIs continue to make headlines. In the last few months alone, T-Mobile’s data breach resulted in hackers stealing personal data of more than two...

High risk vulnerability discovered in Sauter CASE Suite building automation software
2018-11-06 06:30

Applied Risk researcher, Gjoko Krstic, has identified a security vulnerability in the Sauter CASE Suite, a software package used to handle building automation projects with energy-efficient...

Post implementation, GDPR costs higher than expected
2018-11-06 06:15

A Versasec survey examining the global impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) nearly six months after its roll-out shows the privacy regulation costs more to implement than many...

ThreatQuotient integrates verified breach intelligence from Visa to strengthen payment data defenses
2018-11-06 03:00

ThreatQuotient is integrating verified breach intelligence from Visa to enable customers to detect and protect against cyber attacks targeting payment data. The integration of the ThreatQ threat...

Iran Accuses Israel of Failed Cyber Attack
2018-11-06 02:53

Iran accused Israel on Monday of launching a failed cyber attack against its communications systems. read more