Security News > 2019 > April

ERMProtect new educational games show employees how to work safely online
2019-04-22 00:30

ERMProtect, a leading cybersecurity firm, launched new educational games that show employees how to work safely online so they minimize the risk of triggering an organizational data breach. The...

CloudBees acquires Electric Cloud providing continuous integration, delivery, deployment and ARA
2019-04-22 00:00

CloudBees, the enterprise DevOps leader powering the continuous economy, announced the acquisition of Electric Cloud, a market leader in continuous delivery and application release automation...

Hunton Andrews Kurth launches a CCPA online resource center
2019-04-21 23:30

Similar to its popular EU General Data Protection Regulation Guide for in-house lawyers, Hunton Andrews Kurth has launched an online resource center dedicated to helping businesses navigate their...

Obsidian Security appoints Laura Norén as Vice President of Privacy and Trust
2019-04-21 23:00

Obsidian Security, a cybersecurity company providing intelligent identity protection for hybrid enterprises, announced the appointment of Laura Norén as Vice President of Privacy and Trust....

RiskSense expands its board of advisors
2019-04-21 22:30

RiskSense, pioneering risk-based vulnerability management and prioritization, announced that six world-class technology executives have joined its board of advisors. They will provide strategic...

WannaCry hero Hutchins now officially a convicted cybercriminal
2019-04-21 15:18

The youngster who spent his own money to protect people from the WannaCry virus has pleaded guilty to malware-related cybercrime charges.

Wannacry-slayer Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation
2019-04-19 22:10

'I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes' Marcus Hutchins, the British security researcher who shot to fame after successfully halting the Wannacry ransomware...

Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware
2019-04-19 21:58

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to...

Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species off the New Zealand Coast
2019-04-19 21:27

There's a new diversity of species. 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....

Microsoft’s Latest Patch Hoses Some Antivirus Software
2019-04-19 21:16

McAfee, Sophos and Avast are among the antivirus software suites impacted.