Security News > 2019 > May

Facebook bans accounts of fake news firm
2019-05-20 11:59

It's not clear who paid Archimedes Group for its reality-warping campaigns, but it's clear disinformation is now a global scourge.

Bots rigged Russian finale of ‘The Voice Kids’ talent show
2019-05-20 10:25

It turns out that robo-dialed calls accounted for 56.5% of the phone-in vote for the millionaire's daughter.

Let adware be treated as malware, Canuck boffins declare after breaking open Wajam ad injector
2019-05-20 10:05

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then... Analysis The technology industry has numerous terms for sneaky software, including malware, adware, spyware, ransomware, and the ever...

US Tech Giants Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom Break Up With Huawei
2019-05-20 09:03

Google has reportedly suspended all businesses with the world's second-biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, and revoked its Android license effective immediately—a move that will have a drastic...

On the path to Zero Trust security: Time to get started
2019-05-20 06:00

No need to belabour the point. We all know that trying to defend the network perimeter is a bit futile in today’s mobile and cloud first world. So, the obvious question – what’s next? Vendors are...

User Data Exposed in Stack Overflow Hack
2019-05-20 05:33

Hackers had access to Stack Overflow systems for nearly one week before the attack was detected and some user data was exposed after all, the company has admitted. read more

Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too
2019-05-20 05:15

Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new software or...

Ransomware and malware attacks decline, attackers adopting covert tactics
2019-05-20 05:15

There has been a major decline in ransomware and malware attacks, with Ireland having some of the lowest rates globally, according to the latest report released by Microsoft. This is a significant...

Over half of all reported vulnerabilities in Q1 2019 have a remote attack vector
2019-05-20 05:00

There were 5,501 vulnerabilities aggregated by Risk Based Security’s VulnDB that were disclosed during the first three months of 2019. This represents a 1% increase over the same period in 2018,...

Phishing targeting SaaS and webmail services increased to 36% of all phishing attacks
2019-05-20 04:45

Users of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and webmail services are being targeted with increasing frequency, according to the APWG Q1 2019 Phishing Activity Trends Report. The category became the...