Security News > 2019 > January

RBS reissues punters with new bank cards after Ticketmaster breach
2019-01-14 16:46

Fresh plastic comes six months after ticket flogger fessed up to Magecart malware infection The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest have issued customers with replacement cards as a result of last...

Unpatched Flaws in Building Access System Allow Hackers to Create Fake Badges
2019-01-14 16:42

Researchers discovered that a popular building access control system made by IDenticard contains vulnerabilities that can be exploited to create fake badges, disable door locks, and obtain or...

Senator Voices Concern of Taxpayer Fraud During Government Shutdown
2019-01-14 16:36

United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Friday expressed concerns that the federal government shutdown could expose taxpayers to various risks.  read more

Don’t Overlook the Business Risk in BRI
2019-01-14 16:03

A business risk intelligence (BRI) program requires many components about which I’ve written previously: the right intelligence requirements, collection strategy, KPIs, vendors, read more

Goddamn the Pusher man: Nominet kicks out domain name hijack bid
2019-01-14 15:42

Lord, he'll leave your mind to scream - if you don't renew on time Nominet has thrown out an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking after some, er, pushy Brits tried seizing their old web...

Digital Workplace Firm WorkJam Acquires Secure Communications Firm Peerio
2019-01-14 15:08

Montreal-based digital workplace solutions provider WorkJam has acquired the Canadian secure communications provider Peerio Technologies together with its entire team. read more

Shutdown hits government websites as certificates begin to expire
2019-01-14 14:32

The US government shutdown is affecting more than just physical sites like national parks and monuments.

Poland may consider Huawei ban amid 'spy' arrests – reports
2019-01-14 14:30

Chinese hardware biz faces more push-back in Western nations A Polish official has said he couldn’t rule out “legislative changes” to allow the nation to ban the use of a company’s products,...

Data Exposed in OXO, Amazon and MongoDB Leaks
2019-01-14 14:18

Dual data exposures and a wide-scale data leak due to a vulnerable MongoDB database have kicked off 2019 so far.