Security News > 2019 > May

Lets the President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition begin! And may the odds be ever in your favor "A year after the White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator, President...

Charles River Laboratories Says Some Clients' Data 'Copied' by HackersIn what may be a case of industrial espionage, Massachusetts-based drug development company Charles River Laboratories has...

Europol announced the shut down of two prolific dark web marketplaces—Wall Street Market and Silkkitie (also known as Valhalla)—in simultaneous global operations against underground websites for...

The Threatpost team breaks down the strangest security stories this week - from Cartoon Network hacked to show stripper videos, to a church being scammed out of $1.75 million.

Sudden flurry of forum posts leaves a few clues Programmers say they've been hit by ransomware that seemingly wipes their Git repositories' commits and replaces them with a ransom note demanding Bitcoin.…

Belgian coder Bernard Fabrot just finished a 3.5-year computational marathon, solving a fascinating cryptopuzzle set at MIT back in 1999.

Executive Order Creates a 'Cybersecurity Competition' to Offer RewardsPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that offers a mix of incentives and new guidelines aimed at...

Federal investigators in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands announced today the arrest and charging of three German nationals and a Brazilian man as the alleged masterminds behind the...

Mozilla this week announced plans to update its Add-on Policy for Firefox, to ban extensions that contain obfuscated code. The change, which will enter into effect on June 10, 2019, is expected to...

Researchers at Onapsis Say Attacks Could Focus on NetWeaver PlatformNew exploits released online that target long-known configuration weaknesses in SAP's NetWeaver platform could pose risks to...