Security News > 2019 > May

Phisher folk reel in Computacenter security vetting mailbox packed with sensitive staff data
2019-05-23 10:05

Haul included employee passports, driving licences, bank statements and more The third-party mailbox used by Computacenter employees and contractors to deposit data for security clearance...

Tor Browser for Android — First Official App Released On Play Store
2019-05-23 09:18

Wohooo! Great news for privacy-focused users. Tor Browser, the most popular privacy-focused browser, for Android is finally out of beta, and the first stable version has now arrived on Google Play...

Microsoft wants to improve routing security
2019-05-23 07:05

The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative, supported by the Internet Society, announced that Microsoft has joined the program whose primary objective is to reduce the most...

Hacker Disclosed 3 Unpatched Microsoft Zero-Day Exploits In Less Than 24 Hours
2019-05-23 07:03

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...

How to write an effective data breach notification?
2019-05-23 05:30

Data breach notifications sent by companies to affected customers are often unclear and not very helpful, University of Michigan researchers have found. The problem(s) The researchers have...

Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
2019-05-23 05:15

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data by mandating how...

Cybercriminals continue to evolve the sophistication of their attack methods
2019-05-23 05:00

Cybercriminals continue to evolve the sophistication of their attack methods, from tailored ransomware and custom coding for some attacks, to living-off-the-land (LoTL) or sharing infrastructure...

Companies increasingly investing in container adoption, security remains an issue
2019-05-23 04:45

87 percent of IT professionals are now running container technologies, with 90 percent of those running in production and 7 in 10 running at least 40 percent of their application portfolio in...

Number of connected devices reached 22 billion, where is the revenue?
2019-05-23 04:30

The number of devices connected to the internet reached 22 billion worldwide at the end of 2018, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. Enterprise IoT remains the leading...

Portworx adds new backup and recovery features to its cloud-native storage and data management platform
2019-05-23 03:30

Portworx, the cloud-native storage and data management company modern enterprises trust to manage data in containers, announced Portworx Enterprise 2.2, an update to its cloud-native storage and...