Security News > 2019 > January

Oh, SSH, IT please see this: Malicious servers can fsck with your PC's files during scp slurps
2019-01-15 01:44

Data transfer tools caught not checking what exactly they're downloading A decades-old oversight in the design of Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) tools can be exploited by malicious servers to...

Vesta launches payment and fraud prevention solutions for e-Commerce
2019-01-15 01:30

Vesta has launched three payment solutions – Guaranteed Payments, Guaranteed Gateway and Guaranteed Acquiring – that enable e-commerce companies to grow their business by focusing on revenue...

This must be some kind of mistake. IT managers axed, CEO and others wallets lightened in patient hack aftermath
2019-01-14 23:45

Executives held to account? And three underlings thanked for their work? What is this madness? The Singaporean government-owned biz responsible for that country's patient database has fined senior...

Cops told: No, you can't have a warrant to force a big bunch of people to unlock their phones by fingerprint, face scans
2019-01-14 22:46

Judge rules compelled use of biometrics runs into Fifth Amendment protections A US judge last week denied police a warrant to unlock a number of devices using biometrics identifiers like...

Popular Web-Hosting Platform Bluehost Riddled with Flaws, Researcher Claims
2019-01-14 22:22

He said that similar flaws were also found in the Dreamhost, HostGator, OVH and iPage web hosting platforms.

Intel's Software Guard caught asleep at its post: Patch out now for SGX give-me-admin hole
2019-01-14 21:41

Chipzilla adds to IT admins security update load While admins were busy wrangling with the mass of security patches from Microsoft, Adobe, and SAP last week, Intel slipped out a fix for a...

New year, new career? How some Sophos experts got into cybersecurity
2019-01-14 21:32

We asked a number of people working in different roles at Sophos how they made their way into cybersecurity. 1. Music making to malware fighting Sales Engineer, Benedict Jones I graduated from...

Staff Disciplined in Wake of SingHealth Breach
2019-01-14 21:18

Punishment Includes Terminations, Demotions and 'Financial Penalties'The organization that manages IT for Singapore's public healthcare sector says it has terminated, demoted or financially...

Threatpost Poll: Can We Fix 2FA?
2019-01-14 19:50

Take our short poll to weigh in on the state of two-factor authentication.

Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS
2019-01-14 19:37

Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On...