Security News > 2019 > May

GDPR fines levied so far: The lessons businesses can learn
2019-05-23 18:13

After one year of enforcement of the GDPR, businesses can learn much from how the provisions of the regulation have been applied and how organizations have been fined.

Thangrycat: A Serious Cisco Vulnerability
2019-05-23 16:52

Summary: Thangrycat is caused by a series of hardware design flaws within Cisco's Trust Anchor module. First commercially introduced in 2013, Cisco Trust Anchor module (TAm) is a proprietary...

NATO Warns Russia of 'Full Range' of Responses to Cyberattack
2019-05-23 16:49

The head of NATO told Russia and other potential foes Thursday that the Western military alliance was ready to use all means at its disposal to respond to cyber attacks. Jens Stoltenberg's warning...

Best Practices for Securely Moving Workloads Into the Cloud
2019-05-23 16:17

Gartner’s latest IT spending forecast predicts that spending on data center systems will reach $195 billion in 2019, but decrease to $190 billion through 2022. In contrast, spending on cloud...

Comodo Issued Most Certificates for Signed Malware on VirusTotal
2019-05-23 15:49

Comodo CA (now known as Sectigo) is the Certificate Authority (CA) that issued the largest number of digital certificates used to sign malware samples found on VirusTotal over the past year,...

British Army cyber 'n' psyops unit 77 Brigade can't even brainwash civvies into helping it meet recruitment targets
2019-05-23 15:43

Part-timers needed The British Army's psyops unit 77 Brigade is still falling short of recruiting targets, despite cyber skills being bigged up repeatedly by the military and government.…

Authorities Take Down Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Bestmixer.io
2019-05-23 15:42

Authorities in Europe this week said they took down Bestmixer.io, one of the leading cryptocurrency mixing service in the world.  The takedown was possible due to a collaboration between the Dutch...

SandboxEscaper Drops Three More Windows Exploits, IE Zero-Day
2019-05-23 15:10

As promised, developer SandboxEscaper has dropped exploit code for four more bugs, on the heels of releasing a Windows zero-day yesterday.

Soaring Cryptocurrency Prices Draw Malicious New Onslaught of Apps, Malware
2019-05-23 14:06

As Bitcoin prices surge, so too are malicious apps, malware-ridden scams and cryptojacking attacks looking to profit from the cryptocurrency industry.

5 Cybersecurity Tools Every Business Needs to Know
2019-05-23 13:48

Cybersecurity experts all echo the same thing – cyber attacks are going to get more rampant, and they will continue to pose severe threats against all technology users. Businesses, in particular,...