Security News > 2019 > May

Trump seeks tales of social media bias – and your phone number
2019-05-17 10:38

A tool from the White House invites those who suspect political bias in social media censorship to "share their story with President Trump."

Bill Would Help Congress Track Offensive 'Cyber Tool' Sales
2019-05-17 09:03

State Department Would Be Required to Provide Information on Approved SalesA House panel has approved a measure designed to make sure Congress is informed when U.S. companies sell offensive cyber...

Good heavens, is it time to patch Cisco kit again? Prime Infrastructure root privileges hole plugged
2019-05-17 08:09

Do the thing ASAP, you know how it works by now Among a bumper crop of 57 security issues Cisco divulged on Wednesday was a fix for a trio of vulns, one critical, in networks management tool Prime...

Hacker Breaks Into Stack Overflow Q&A Site, No Evidence of Data Breach
2019-05-17 07:48

Stack Overflow, one of the largest question and answer site for programmers, revealed today that an unknown hacker(s) managed to gain unauthorized access to its production systems on May 11, 2019....

Stack Overflow Discloses Security Breach
2019-05-17 05:47

Stack Overflow, the popular Q&A platform for programmers, revealed on Thursday that someone gained access to its production systems over the weekend. read more

New infosec products of the week: May 17, 2019
2019-05-17 05:45

Alcide launches continuous security and hygiene scanner for Kubernetes and Istio Alcide Advisor is a continuous security and hygiene scanner for Kubernetes & Istio, which automatically scans for...

How can we give cybersecurity analysts a helping hand?
2019-05-17 05:30

It’s tough being a cybersecurity analyst these days. Over the last few years we have been repeatedly reminded of the challenge they are now facing, primarily through the steady stream of...

Memory analysis is the ground truth
2019-05-17 05:14

In recent years, enterprises have adopted next-gen endpoint protection products that are doing an admirable job detecting anomalies. For example, searching for patterns such as remote access to...

The largest breaches over the past three years have caused massive and irreparable damage
2019-05-17 05:00

Publicly traded companies suffering the worst data breaches averaged a 7.5 percent decrease in stock price, a Bitglass report reveals. Bitglass researched the three largest data breaches of...

Half of companies missed GDPR deadline, 70% admit systems won’t scale
2019-05-17 04:45

Even if given two years notice to achieve GDPR compliance, only half of companies self-reported as compliant by May 25, 2018, a DataGrail survey reveals. “The Age of Privacy: The Cost of...