Security News > 2019 > January

Security analytics to reach $12 billion by 2024
2019-01-07 06:00

Amid a maelstrom of cybersecurity threats and rampant hacking attempts that leverage the power of the IoT against itself, organizations are forced to realize that they are on the losing side of...

LA Times knocked out, HackerOne slips up and - amazingly - router security still sucks
2019-01-05 13:01

Plus, London Gatwick drone comedy quiets down Welcome to 2019, just a few days into the year and we already have Chromecast chaos, Skype backdoors, and a Weather Channel privacy suit.…

Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers' Accounts
2019-01-05 09:48

A massive data breach at the popular online role-playing game 'Town of Salem' has reportedly impacted more than 7.6 million players, the game owner BlankMediaGames (BMG) confirmed Wednesday on its...

New side-channel leak: Boffins bash operating system page caches until they spill secrets
2019-01-05 01:30

Novel data-siphoning attack is hardware agnostic Some of the computer security boffins who revealed last year's data-leaking speculative-execution holes have identified yet another side-channel...

Fake 'U's! Phishing creeps use homebrew fonts as message ciphers to evade filters
2019-01-04 23:35

fg xjc dua ihut vyfq, xjc uih jci sfat jg mjggfa A new phishing campaign that uses a custom font to hide its tracks and evade detection has been uncovered.…

Friday Squid Blogging: The Future of the Squid Market
2019-01-04 22:16

It's growing. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Latest Windows 10 build makes setup quieter, passwords optional
2019-01-04 21:43

Though as ever, Home users are special.

The challenges with preventing phishing attacks: An insider's perspective
2019-01-04 21:29

​Phishing attacks remain rampant and are expected to continue to do so in 2019. Learn an insider's perspective on the difficulties combating them.

Stormy times ahead for IBM-owned Weather Channel app: LA sues over location data slurp
2019-01-04 21:02

'Privacy in the digital age is one of the most fundamental issues' says city attorney The Weather Channel app duped users into providing location data that the company then sold for advertising...

CES 2019 Innovation Awards honoree: TrustBox IoT security router
2019-01-04 20:49

The proliferation of IoT devices has led to a security nightmare that the TrustBox is designed to defeat. Learn more about this CES Innovation Awards honoree.