Security News > 2019 > May

Most businesses 'overconfident' in their ability to stop cybersecurity breaches
2019-05-30 12:41

Some 93% of organizations said they feel prepared against cyberthreats, though they lack common cyber best practices, according to a Centrify report.

We ain't afraid of no 'ghost user': Infosec world tells GCHQ to GTFO over privacy-busting proposals
2019-05-30 12:35

Brit spies' idea would backdoor WhatsApp et al without breaking the crypto Bruce Schneier, Richard Stallman and a host of western tech companies including Microsoft and WhatsApp are pushing back...

Mueller Reconfirms Russian Election Interference Campaign
2019-05-30 12:33

But Special Counsel Hands Question of Any Trump Criminality to CongressAnyone looking for clarity on whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller believes President Trump is innocent of committing any...

New Zealand’s “hacked” budget was found on a website
2019-05-30 12:07

Police close their investigation, concluding that New Zealand's "wellbeing" budget wasn't hacked.

Threat Intelligence Firm Recorded Future Acquired for $780 Million
2019-05-30 11:49

Threat intelligence provider Recorded Future announced on Thursday that Insight Partners has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in the company,  in addition to the minority stake previously...

Attackers are exploiting WordPress plugin flaw to inject malicious scripts
2019-05-30 11:28

Attackers are leveraging an easily exploitable bug in the popular WP Live Chat Support plugin to inject a malicious JavaScript in vulnerable sites, Zscaler warns. The company has discovered 47...

A million devices still vulnerable to ‘wormable’ RDP hole
2019-05-30 11:17

An internet-wide scan has revealed almost one million devices vulnerable to CVE-2019-0708.

What a teen grade hacker’s confession can teach us
2019-05-30 11:02

"We had access to the grade book. Now we could change the grades."

Insight Partners acquires Recorded Future for $780 million
2019-05-30 10:00

Insight Partners has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Recorded Future. The all-cash transaction values Recorded Future at more than $780 million and will accelerate the next phase of...

Technology is Not Our Problem
2019-05-30 09:54

The Security Vendor Space is Extremely Noisy and Increasingly Out of Touch With the Needs of the Enterprise read more