Security News > 2019 > February
Obsidian Security, a California-based provider of identity protection solutions, on Wednesday announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the...
A technology worker suspected of spying for Russia has been arrested in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities said Wednesday. The person was believed to have been "recruited as an agent by a Russian...
A Former Fact Checker Shares Her ExperienceFacebook's effort to stem the flow of fake news globally has been ineffective, allege some fact checkers who have collaborated with the social media...
Cisco Talos’ security researchers warn of a spike in attacks on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters, coming from six distinct actors. read more
SentinelOne and Intel announced a new method to detect cryptomining and cryptojacking attacks using hardware-based detection technology.
US lawmakers opened a debate Tuesday over privacy legislation in the first step by Congress toward regulation addressing a series of troublesome data protection abuses by tech firms. read more
Many machines, including almost all Apple laptops and desktops produced since 2011, are vulnerable to data exfiltration via weaponized peripherals.
Exploit detection service EdgeSpot says it has spotted several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome to collect information on users who open the files through Google’s web...
A recently discovered backdoor is used in attacks targeting victims in and around the South East Asia region, Palo Alto Networks security researchers warn. read more
5G wireless networks are coming, and so are the security threats. By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about, talked about and thought about what the World Economic Forum has coined the “Fourth...