Security News > 2018

Most Organizations Have an Incident Response Plan, But All Too Often It is Filed Away Somewhere and Forgotten. read more

In 2017 Internet of Things (IoT) devices rose to prominence as attackers have continued to target and use them to support various cyberattacks. IoT devices are almost the perfect target for...

Facebook recently patched a couple of vulnerabilities that could have been exploited by malicious hackers to hijack accounts by abusing integration with the Oculus virtual reality headset. read more

CIA Reportedly Believes Russian Military Launched Wiper Disguised as RansomwareThe CIA has attributed last year's outbreak of NotPetya wiper malware to Russia's GRU military intelligence unit, The...

While the vast majority of global companies (95%) have adopted cloud services, there is a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by companies in different markets. Organizations...

With massive capital investments in rail infrastructure and technology, many countries understand that it’s time cybersecurity standards prescribe technology that prevents cyberattacks from...

Jim Risen writes a long and interesting article about his battles with the US government and the New York Times to report government secrets....

Canadian authorities have arrested and charged an Ontario man for operating a website that collected 'stolen' personal identity records and credentials from some three billion online accounts and...

This edition of the ISMG Security Report takes a look at how ready healthcare organizations are for GDPR compliance. Also featured: comments from Alberto Yepez of Trident Capital on the 2018...

Canadian Charged With Selling Access to Stolen Logins, Earning $247,000Canadian police have charged a 27-year-old man with running LeakedSource, which sold access to 3.1 billion stolen login...