Security News > 2019 > May

FireEye Acquires Security Effectiveness Testing Firm Verodin for $250 Million
2019-05-29 04:23

FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Verodin, a provider of tools that help test the effectiveness of cyber security controls, in a deal valued at roughly $250 million...

Baltimore Says It Will Not Pay Ransom After Cyberattack
2019-05-29 04:08

The US city of Baltimore, a victim this month of a cyberattack that paralyzed part of its computer network, will not pay a ransom to undo the damage, Mayor Bernard Young said Tuesday. read more

Contain yourself, Docker: Race-condition bug puts host machines at risk... sometimes, ish
2019-05-29 02:05

Tricky to exploit in the real world, which is good because no official fix is available yet A vulnerability in all versions of Docker can be potentially exploited by miscreants to escape...

AD Enterprise: Perform end-to-end post-breach forensic investigations within a single tool
2019-05-29 01:00

AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, released AD Enterprise 7.1, a new version of its software for managing internal forensic...

Aporeto expands Zero Trust security solution with Identity-Aware Proxy and PAM
2019-05-29 00:00

Aporeto, the leader in Identity-Powered Cloud Security, announced the immediate availability of Cloud Privileged Access Management (PAM) for infrastructure and Identity-Aware Proxy for modern...

Vulnerability management solution Tripwire IP360 released on AWS Marketplace
2019-05-28 23:00

Tripwire has joined the global partner program for Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a new Advanced Technology Partner of the AWS Partner Network (APN), Tripwire has now made its vulnerability...

Two weeks after Microsoft warned of Windows RDP worms, a million internet-facing boxes still vulnerable
2019-05-28 22:07

If you haven't patched CVE-2019-0708 aka BlueKeep, then, well, now would be a good time The critical Windows Remote Desktop flaw that emerged this month may have set the stage for the worst...

Top 5 privacy plugins
2019-05-28 20:38

Privacy on the web is a growing concern. Tom Merritt suggests five privacy plugins to help keep your personal information safe.

Business Associates Reminded of HIPAA Duties
2019-05-28 20:18

New Guidance Clarifies BA's Responsibility to Safeguard PHIFederal regulators have issued new guidance clarifying when a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with the...

Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption das boot: Law requiring decrypted plain-text is in the works
2019-05-28 19:35

Officials want to upgrade rules from device searching to message interception Government officials in Germany are reportedly mulling a law to force chat app providers to hand over end-to-end...