Security News > 2019 > January

How Integration, Orchestration Help in Battling Cyberthreats
2019-01-31 13:33

Improved integration, automation and orchestration are needed to better detect and respond to evolving cyberthreats, says John Maynard, vice president and global security specialist at Cisco Systems.

Will Huawei Play a Key Role in 5G Network Development?
2019-01-31 13:33

India's Private Carriers Support Chinese Firm's Technology for Cost AdvantageDespite early indications that India would not use technology from Chinese telecom giant Huawei in its program to build...

Personal data slurped in Airbus hack – but firm's industrial smarts could be what crooks are after
2019-01-31 13:13

Advanced composites, Eurofighter... lots of goodies ripe for espionage Comment Airbus has admitted that a "cyber incident" resulted in unidentified people getting their hands on "professional...

Phone cloner gets 65 months in jail
2019-01-31 13:04

A US court has sentenced a man to over five years for his part in a massive telecommunications fraud involving stolen cellphone accounts and reprogrammed phones.

Apple kicks Facebook’s snoopy Research app out of the App Store
2019-01-31 12:51

It was paying people, including teens, up to $20 to install an app that got root access for “nearly limitless access,” encryption or no.

Google also abused its Apple developer certificate to collect iOS user data
2019-01-31 11:38

It turns out that Google, like Facebook, abused its Apple Enterprise Developer Certificate to distribute a data collection app to iOS users, in direct contravention of Apple’s rules for the...

Apple Slams Facebook for Monitoring App Given to Minors
2019-01-31 11:33

Facebook's Internal iOS Apps Break After Apple Revokes Developer CertificateApple has revoked Facebook's enterprise certificate, leaving the social network's employees unable to access internal...

Airbus Suffers Data Breach, Some Employees' Data Exposed
2019-01-31 09:03

European airplane maker Airbus admitted yesterday a data breach of its "Commercial Aircraft business" information systems that allowed intruders to gain access to some of its employees' personal...

FBI Mapping 'Joanap Malware' Victims to Disrupt the North Korean Botnet
2019-01-31 08:18

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Wednesday its effort to "map and further disrupt" a botnet tied to North Korea that has infected numerous Microsoft Windows computers across...

What's Farsi for 'as subtle as a nuke through a window'? Foreign diplomats in Iran hit by renewed Remexi nasty
2019-01-31 08:12

Iran, spying on foreigners within its borders? Shocked, shocked, we tell you A newly uncovered spyware-slinging operation appears to have been targeting foreign diplomats in Iran for more than...