Security News > 2019 > January

Attackers Combine Off-the-Shelf Hacking Tools With Legitimate Admin UtilitiesBanks in West Africa have been targeted by at least four hacking campaigns since mid-2017, with online attackers...

Japan-based electronics company Omron has released an update for its CX-Supervisor product to address several vulnerabilities that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and remote...

The Apple CEO wants the FTC to set up a data-broker clearinghouse so people can see the data that companies have collected on them.

Facebook Probed by FTC Over Failures that Enabled Cambridge Analytica ScandalThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to concluding its investigation into Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica...

Hackers believed to be associated with the Russian government targeted the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) shortly after the 2018 midterm elections, court documents show. read more

A Russian hacker indicted by a United States court for his involvement in online ad fraud schemes that defrauded multiple American companies out of tens of millions of dollars pleaded not guilty...

Microsoft has launched yet another bug bounty program and is urging security researchers to look into the security of Azure DevOps, its cloud service for collaborating on code development. About...

One malicious tactic that has become quite prevalent in recent years is known as a ‘man in the cloud’ (MitC) attack. This attack aims to access victims’ accounts without the need to obtain...

While machine learning is one of the biggest buzzwords in cybersecurity and the tech industry in general, the phrase itself is often overused and mis-applied, leaving many to have their own,...

Companies globally could incur $5.2 trillion in additional costs and lost revenue over the next five years due to cyberattacks, as dependency on complex internet-enabled business models outpaces...