Security News > 2019 > August

Organizations must adopt a security-by-design approach to best combat threats created by the Internet of Things, according to Deloitte.

This article points out that Facebook's planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook's vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself...

Security researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos say they have identified a new threat actor targeting industrial control systems (ICS) related entities in the oil and gas and...

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.

The 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking Capital One made little attempt to hide her attack. In fact, she effectively publicized it. read more

The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.

Google is rolling out new security options for G Suite users and admins, aimed at alerting organizations about data exfiltration attempts on Google Drive and helping them protect their high-risk...

Securing Digital Transformation Projects Isn’t as Straightforward as Buying More Security Tools or Hiring More Security Professionals read more

Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of knowingly selling video surveillance system containing severe security vulnerabilities to the U.S....

Make stock images great again! Uninspired by the stock imagery used by the media to depict cybersecurity, a graphic design group is offering cash prizes to anyone who comes up with something more...