Security News > 2019 > January

Mitsubishi Electric develops cyber defense technology for connected cars
2019-01-23 02:00

Mitsubishi Electric has developed a multi-layered defense technology that protects connected vehicles from cyber attacks by strengthening their head unit’s defense capabilities. The technology...

Cequence Security awarded patent for detecting bot attacks
2019-01-23 01:30

Cequence Security has been awarded a patent for its ability to passively detect malicious bot attacks targeting web, mobile, and API applications, US Patent 10,135,904 for Network Attack Detection...

The most annoying British export since Piers Morgan: 'Drones' halt US airport flights
2019-01-23 01:04

Talk about Jersey Whirl... Flying gizmos disrupt ops this evening It seems the UK's latest pain-in-the-ass craze has made its way stateside again, as alleged sightings of rogue drones brought...

Plug in your iPhone, iPad, iPod, fire up the App Store: You have new Apple patches to install
2019-01-23 00:11

Open the door, get on the floor – not so fast if you've an iPhone 4 Apple has emitted a handful of software patches to address security vulnerabilities in iOS, macOS, and various peripherals.…

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
2019-01-22 22:27

How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could block blocks? Google software engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium browser code that will break...

Heads up: Debian's package manager is APT for root-level malware injection... Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks
2019-01-22 22:11

Disable redirects before applying update The Debian Project has patched a security flaw in its software manager Apt that can be exploited by miscreants to execute commands as root on victims'...

Les Hackers, en garde! 'Cyber war has begun', France will hack first, its defence sec declares
2019-01-22 20:12

No plans to surrender... and we're starting a military bug bounty scheme, added Parly FIC2019 France’s defence secretary Florence Parly today declared “Cyber war has begun.”…

Mergers & Acquisitions: Privacy and Security Considerations
2019-01-22 20:03

How do data privacy and security matters affect organizations that are contemplating a merger or acquisition? Attorney Iliana Peters offers insights into cybersecurity, data breach and compliance...

Life Under GDPR: Sizing Up the Long-Term Costs
2019-01-22 19:33

GDPR has been in effect since May 2018, but organizations are still waiting to see what impact it will have on the costs organizations might face from breach cleanup, investigations, sanctions and...