Security News > 2019 > May

Hackers Take Over IoT Devices to ‘Click’ on Ads
2019-05-09 19:08

A video interview and Q&A with IoT specialist Dan Demeter of Kaspersky Lab.

News Roundup: Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and Sapphire
2019-05-09 18:56

Karen Roby gives us a snapshot of the news covered this week on TechRepublic and ZDNet. The stories include 3 major conferences, a telecommunications data breach and a look at the amount of CIO's...

News Roundup: Microsoft Build, Google I/O, Sapphire
2019-05-09 18:55

Karen Roby gives us a snapshot of the news covered this week on TechRepublic and ZDNet. The stories include 3 major conferences, a telecommunications data breach and a look at the amount of CIO's...

Alpine Linux Docker Images Shipped for 3 Years with Root Accounts Unlocked
2019-05-09 17:06

Alpine Linux Docker images available via the Docker Hub contained a critical flaw allowing attackers to authenticate on systems using the root user and no password.

Identity Verification Firm Evident Raises $20 Million
2019-05-09 17:01

Evident ID, an Atlanta-based company that specializes in identity and credential verification, on Thursday announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B funding round. read more

On-device speech recognition may make smart assistants more appealing
2019-05-09 16:55

Google unveiled the next-generation Google Assistant at I/O 2019, featuring an on-device speech recognition model-bypassing the need to upload voice samples to cloud systems.

Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…
2019-05-09 16:37

Here's a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves...

Serious Phar Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution on Drupal
2019-05-09 16:00

Drupal, Typo3 and Joomla are all impacted by the bug.

Companies moving to the cloud still ignore security concerns
2019-05-09 15:56

Nine in 10 cloud breaches occur due to employee mistakes, according to a Kaspersky Lab report.

Ex-Intelligence Analyst Charged With Leaks to Reporter
2019-05-09 15:21

A former government intelligence analyst has been charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns against terrorist group al-Qaeda to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of...