Security News > 2018

A phishing attack led to the data breach of students' social security numbers, addresses, and more.

Vulnerabilities in the WibuKey Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution could be leveraged to disclose information, elevate privileges, or even execute code on affected systems. read more

Last week, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence published a draft document -- "SWGDE Position on the Use of MD5 and SHA1 Hash Algorithms in Digital and Multimedia Forensics" -- where...

A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.

A 22-year-old man convicted of cyberstalking and carrying out numerous bomb threats and swatting attacks -- including a 2013 swatting incident at my home -- was arrested Sunday morning in the...

Some last-minute wrapping of security-related tips from this week Roundup If you're reading this while on-call for IT support, network security, or what have you, then we salute you. If you're...

North Korea is engaged in even more illegal squid fishing than previously. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my...

A Summary of the Best Predictions for Next YearWhat's ahead for the cybersecurity landscape in 2019? We've received many lists of predictions from vendors and analysts for next year, and we've...

Maria Loughlin of Veracode on Mitigation StrategiesOpen source components help developers build and deploy applications faster, but with increased speed comes greater risk. Maria Loughlin of...

Credit Card Information Exposed in Latest Portal IncidentWeb portals designed to provide convenient service to consumers can pose substantial security risks, as numerous breaches in recent years...