Security News > 2019 > May

Huawei Asks US Court to Throw Out Federal Ban
2019-05-29 12:27

Chinese telecom giant Huawei stepped up its legal battle on Wednesday to overturn US legislation barring American federal agencies from buying its products amid an escalating high-tech dispute. read more

When it comes to email-based threats, Emotet dominates
2019-05-29 12:06

Emotet displaced credential stealers, stand-alone downloaders and RATs and became the most prominent threat delivered via email, Proofpoint has shared. According to the firm’s statistics, in Q1...

F5 ACI ServiceCenter app: Combine L2-3 network connectivity with L4-7 application services
2019-05-29 11:51

F5 Networks is introducing the F5 ACI ServiceCenter app to seamlessly combine L2-3 network connectivity with L4-7 application services within Cisco ACI environments. Available through Cisco’s ACI...

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Under GDPR, UK Data Breach Reports Quadruple
2019-05-29 11:48

After Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect, Data Security Complaints DoubledOne year after Europe's tough new GDPR privacy law went into full effect last May, authorities in Britain have seen the...

News aggregator app Flipboard breached: All passwords reset after hackers pinch user data
2019-05-29 11:31

Over half a billion installs? This one's not over yet, we reckon News aggregation app Flipboard has publicly confessed that hackers accessed personal data about its members.…

New research generates deepfake video from a single picture
2019-05-29 11:02

Now it's easier for attackers to produce deepfakes, even if the target doesn't have much existing footage. Like the Mona Lisa.

Three tech-support scammers charged with ripping off the elderly
2019-05-29 10:57

The defendants allegedly pulled in over $1.3 million over the course of about six years for unnecessary and undelivered tech support.

Flipboard Database Hacked — Users' Account Information Exposed
2019-05-29 10:33

Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of certain users have been hacked....

Hackers Breach Stack Overflow Q&A Site, Some Users' Data Exposed
2019-05-29 10:18

Note: We have updated this story to reflect new information after Stack Overflow changed its original announcement and shared more details on the security incident. Stack Overflow, one of the...

Update: Hacker Disclosed 4 New Microsoft Zero-Day Exploits in Last 24 Hours
2019-05-29 10:18

Less than 24 hours after publicly disclosing an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10, the anonymous hacker going by online alias "SandboxEscaper" has now dropped new exploits for two...