Security News > 2019 > May

The Concept of "Return on Data"
2019-05-20 18:30

This law review article by Noam Kolt, titled "Return on Data," proposes an interesting new way of thinking of privacy law. Abstract: Consumers routinely supply personal data to technology...

Lack of Secure Coding Called a National Security Threat
2019-05-20 18:09

The lack of secure coding is a pervasive and serious threat to national security, according to a new paper from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology. In an interview, Rob Roy,...

Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Found in RDS Over TCP
2019-05-20 16:42

A memory corruption vulnerability recently found in Linux Kernel’s implementation of RDS over TCP could lead to privilege escalation.  Tracked as CVE-2019-11815 and featuring a CVSS base score of...

The current cybersecurity landscape of guerrilla warfare
2019-05-20 16:41

A cybersecurity expert discuses breaches, data protection laws, and why he considers multi-factor authentication the beginning of security.

How has GDPR actually affected businesses?
2019-05-20 16:19

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is now a year old, and has resulted in financial repercussions and changes to how businesses handle data.

Salesforce Woes Linger as Admins Clean Up After Service Outage
2019-05-20 15:55

An accidental permissions snafu caused a massive outage for all Salesforce customers that continues to affect some businesses.

Faulty Database Script Exposed Salesforce Data to Wrong Users
2019-05-20 15:39

Salesforce Shuts Down Instances After Database Script Erroneously Enabled All Permissions on User Profiles read more

Sophos tells users to roll back Microsoft's Patch Tuesday run if they want PC to boot
2019-05-20 15:15

Yes, the one with the critical security fixes Brit security software slinger Sophos has advised its customers to uninstall Microsoft's most recent Patch Tuesday run – the same patches that protect...

Behind the Naming of ZombieLoad and Other Intel Spectre-Like Flaws
2019-05-20 15:14

A lot of thought and meaning goes into the naming of infamous CPU side channel flaws, like ZombieLoad, Spectre and Meltdown.