Security News > 2019 > May

Google has been storing unhashed G Suite customer passwords
2019-05-22 08:44

Google has discovered that it has been storing some G Suite users’ passwords in clear text and is notifying G Suite administrators that it will force a password change if the affected passwords...

E-Commerce Skimming Attacks Evolve Into iFrame Injection
2019-05-22 08:18

Finding Shows Risk To Sites That Use External Payment ProcessorsCriminal gangs have been hitting e-commerce sites hard lately by injecting their malicious code to "skim" customers' payment card...

Google Stored G Suite Users' Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years
2019-05-22 08:03

After Facebook and Twitter, Google becomes the latest technology giant to have accidentally stored its users' passwords unprotected in plaintext on its servers—meaning any Google employee who has...

Researcher Drops Windows 10 Zero-Day Exploit
2019-05-22 07:58

A researcher has made public technical details, a video and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for an unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Windows. read more

PoC Exploit For Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Flaw Published Online
2019-05-22 07:03

An anonymous hacker with an online alias "SandboxEscaper" today released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 10 operating system—that's his/her...

Getting ready for digital transformation: The biggest cybersecurity challenges
2019-05-22 05:30

Digital transformation (DX) is becoming the largest driver of new technology investments and projects among businesses and IDC forecasts that global spending on DX will reach $1.18 trillion in...

The security challenges of managing complex cloud environments
2019-05-22 05:15

Holistic cloud visibility and control over increasingly complex environments are essential for successful deployments in various cloud scenarios, a Cloud Security Alliance and AlgoSec study...

Organizations face operational deficiencies as they deal with hybrid IT complexities
2019-05-22 05:00

While enterprises are taking advantage of cloud computing, all enterprises have on-going data center dependencies, a Pulse Secure report reveals. One fifth of respondents anticipate lowering their...

Is your perimeter inventory leaving you exposed? Why it’s time to switch from IP to DNS
2019-05-22 04:45

Historically, security teams and tools have used IP addresses to define their targets and scopes. But in a world where applications and networks are increasingly cloud-hosted or integrated with...

How to change the complexity of your Windows PIN
2019-05-22 04:31

Learn how to create a Windows PIN with more than four digits.